cockpit voice recorder

noun

: a device that records the voices of the pilots and crew in the cockpit of an airplane

If an airplane crashes, its cockpit voice recorder can be used to help find out what caused it to crash.

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Investigators got the cockpit voice recorder from the Alaska Airlines jet, but the recorder on the Southwest plane was overwritten after the plane took off. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 The cockpit voice recorder was overwritten after two hours. —

David Koenig The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 16 June 2024 Calhoun spoke as Boeing works to restart plane deliveries to China, which have been halted as regulators there scrutinize the design of a new cockpit voice recorder for its 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner models. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 June 2024 The inspections concern the batteries being used in the cockpit voice recorder of the 737 Max planes. —

Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for cockpit voice recorder

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