American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter ...

It's one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The "black box." There are actually two ...

Officials at the Washington DC crash scene say both black box flight recorders and 41 sets of remains have been recovered from the downed American Airlines regional jet. Washington, DC Fire Chief ...

In an emotional news conference, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board said the families of the victims are ...

WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY on Thursday evening that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight ... with the Black Hawk helicopter.

A black box is a flight data recorder that collects information on communications involving pilots in cockpits and how the aircraft systems perform in-flight. It is designed to be practically ...

The so-called “black box."There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. And they're typically orange, not black.Federal ...