Another person on the ground also died, bringing the total death toll to 50. The flight recorder revealed that just after the control tower lost contact with the plane, the crew talked of ...

A black box for the Sikorsky-built helicopter, which contains both the cockpit voice recorder and digital flight recorder, was also recovered, Inman said. The NTSB official said there was no ...

Data from the jet's flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet, when the crash happened Wednesday night, National Transportation Safety Board officials told reporters.

Data from the jet's flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 metres), plus or minus 25 feet, when the crash happened on Wednesday night, local time, according to the National ...

Following the plane crash in Washington in which 67 people lost their lives, the flight recorder of the military helicopter involved has now also been recovered. This is a combined device that ...

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Officials were confident they would locate the helicopter’s flight recorder, which should provide the exact altitude at impact and other details. “There’s a lot of experts out there ...

Moments before 8:48 p.m., the crew had a reaction in the cockpit of the CRJ jet and the flight recorder data showed an increase in pitch, sounds of impact, and the recording stopped. At the time ...