The so-called “black box” is one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash. There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices. One is the ...

Investigators confirmed they have recovered a cockpit voice recorder and a flight-data recorder from American Eagle Flight ...

Investigators have already recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the American Airlines plane that ...

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

Black box from Black Hawk helicopter that collided with plane in Washington has been recovered, investigators say.

It was not immediately clear which of the plane’s two black boxes has been retrieved. Recovering those items, which record both cockpit conversations and a slew of data points from the avionics ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will provide a live update on the plane crash in Washington, D.C., on Friday at 3 p.m.

SEOUL — South Korean air accident investigators are narrowing in on two factors — birds that hit both engines and a concrete structure at the end of the airport runway — as critical issues ...

The investigation: The National Transportation Safety Board recovered the plane’s “black boxes” — a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder — and has taken them for lab ...

The report also said the plane’s two black boxes — the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder — stopped recording about 4 minutes before the crash. This could complicate efforts to ...