flight recorder
noun
: a crashworthy instrument for recording flight data (such as airspeed and altitude)
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Investigators also said that about a second before impact, the jet’s flight recorder showed a change in its pitch.
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David R. Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Data from the American Airlines flight recorder showed an altitude of 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet, when the collision happened Wednesday night, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials told reporters on Saturday.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Data from the jet's flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 meters), when the crash happened Wednesday night, NTSB officials told reporters.
—CBS News, 2 Feb. 2025
Attorneys will instead rely on publicly available flight recorder data, media reports and likely hire their own forensic researchers to build a case.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
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David R. Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Data from the American Airlines flight recorder showed an altitude of 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet, when the collision happened Wednesday night, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials told reporters on Saturday.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Data from the jet's flight recorder showed its altitude as 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet (7.6 meters), when the crash happened Wednesday night, NTSB officials told reporters.
—CBS News, 2 Feb. 2025
Attorneys will instead rely on publicly available flight recorder data, media reports and likely hire their own forensic researchers to build a case.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Flight recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20recorder. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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