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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South Korean authorities have completed the initial extraction of data for the cockpit voice recorder, but the flight data recorder was damaged and was to be sent to the United States for analysis, officials said Wednesday. —

Afp, Fortune Asia, 2 Jan. 2025 Investigators retrieved both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, which will be key to providing insight into the plane’s last moments. —

Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for cockpit voice recorder

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