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black box stories: 17 news summaries

Yemenia Air Black Boxes Too Deep for Divers 

Search continues as France sends searcher robots to Comoros

Jul 7, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(AP) - Investigators have concluded that the black boxes from Yemenia Airways Flight 626 that plunged into the Indian Ocean are too deep to be reached by divers, a French official said today. French investigators are trying to determine the exact zone where the boxes can be found using equipment that allows... More »

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black box • France • plane crash • Comoros • Yemen • disaster • Yemenia Air • diver

Sub Reports Signal from Yemenia Black Boxes

No word on when data recorders will be recovered from ocean

Jul 5, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A submarine has located the black boxes from Yemenia Flight 626 in the Indian Ocean, a French investigative agency said today. Divers and search crews are still working to find debris from the plane, and have recovered parts of the fuselage, reports the AP. Officials did not say when the... More »

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black box • plane crash • Indian Ocean • Comoros • Yemenia Air

 Computer Crash 
 May Have Doomed 
 Air France Flight 

Crash raises questions on if today's pilots can cope with computer failure

Jun 27, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators trying to piece together the fate of Air France Flight 447 in the absence of its black boxes are focusing on possible computer failures, the Wall Street Journal reports. The evidence suggests a problem with the sensors quickly snowballed into widespread computer outages, leaving the crew struggling to manage... More »

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black box • plane crash • aviation • computer glitch • Airbus A330 • Air France Flight 447 • flight computers

 Signals Detected, but Officials 
 Deny They're Flight 447's 

Submarine sent to probe ocean floor

Jun 23, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers are hot on the track of signals picked up deep in the Atlantic that could be from one of Air France Flight 447's black boxes, Le Monde reported today, but a French official denied that the signals could be originating from the doomed plane's flight recorder. “The black... More »

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black box • Brazil • plane crash • Le Monde • flight recorder • signals • disaster • Air France • Air France Flight 447

 Air France Tail Found 


Jun 8, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(AP) - Brazilian searchers found a large tail section from an Air France jet today, one of the biggest pieces yet recovered from wreckage that could help narrow the search for Flight 447's black boxes. A US Navy team is bringing in high-tech underwater listening devices to detect pings from the data... More »

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black box • Atlantic Ocean • Brazil • United States • plane crash • US Navy • airplane • sonar • Air France Flight 447

(Newser) - Extremely high winds may have set off a chain reaction of mechanical problems that took down Air France Flight 447, the Wall Street Journal reports. The series of automated messages sent by the plane, typically intended to alert maintenance crews to mundane issues, reveal a cascade of failing systems—... More »

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(Newser) - The first Brazilian navy ship arrived on the scene where Air France flight 447 is thought to have gone down, but aviation officials aren't holding out much hope of finding the black boxes, reports the BBC. "We cannot rule out that we will not find the flight recorders,"... More »

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black box • France • Atlantic Ocean • Brazil • plane crash • Air France Flight 447

Air France Black Box Recovery Could Take Months

Key devices could be beyond reach of deep-sea divers

Jun 2, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The black boxes from the missing Air France jet are crucial to determining what brought the plane down, but locating the devices could present the most daunting challenge since the Titanic mission, Reuters reports. “You are looking for a needle in a haystack,” said one industry specialist, guessing... More »

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black box • France • Brazil • plane crash • recovery • Air France • Air France Flight 447

 Pilot Transcripts Show 
 Idle Talk, Then Terror 

Flight 3407 transcript released ahead of public hearing

May 12, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(AP) - Just seconds before the worst US air crash in more than 7 years, the pilot exclaimed "Jesus Christ" and moments later his first officer screamed as Flight 3407 plunged to the ground. A cockpit voice-recorder transcript released today shows that only minutes before the Feb. 12 crash outside Buffalo,... More »

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investigation • FAA • black box • plane crash • NTSB • pilot • ice • Buffalo • Flight 3407

 Plane Plummeted 
 20 Times Faster 
 Than Normal 

Flight recorders found; cause of crash still unknown

Feb 16, 09 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Nothing went wrong on Flight 3407 until 26 seconds before the plane slammed into the ground. But in that time, it fell more than 20 times faster than normal, at one point dropping 800 feet in 5 seconds, the Buffalo News reports. Black box recorders found on the ground in... More »

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black box • Newark • plane crash • Continental • flight recorder • Buffalo • icing • Flight 3407

(Newser) - The Continental turboprop plane that crashed last night near Buffalo, killing 50, was likely brought down by icing, MSNBC reports. The NTSB, which has recovered the cockpit voice recorder, said the crew talked about “significant ice buildup, ice on the windshield and wings” before crashing into a suburban neighborhood.... More »

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investigation • black box • plane crash • NTSB • ice • Continental Airlines • New York state • Buffalo • turboprop • icing

 Black Box Reveals 
 Both Engines Failed 

Investigators postpone search for missing engine

Jan 19, 09 2:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Both engines on the airplane that crashed into the Hudson River last week lost power simultaneously at 3,200 feet, a clue from black box recorders for investigators still searching for the missing left engine, AP reports. Tugboats have begun hauling wreckage to New Jersey where it will be examined... More »

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investigation • New York City • black box • birds • plane crash • Hudson River • airplane • engine failure • engine

Tires, Brakes Linked to Crash; Voice Data 'Good'

Voice, data recorders in Washington, should produce info tonight

Dec 22, 08 5:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Brakes, tires, or landing gear likely caused the Denver airliner crash that injured 40 on Saturday, a source tells CNN. Meanwhile the National Transportation Safety Board is continuing its probe of the accident, and revealed that both black boxes on the plane contained clear information. "Tonight, we should have... More »

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investigation • black box • Denver • plane crash • brakes • NTSB • Continental Airlines • National Transportation Safety Board • Denver International Airport • landing gear • malfunction • takeoff

 Clues Sought in Madrid Crash 

Black boxes found; authorities rule out foul play in crash that killed 153

Aug 21, 08 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators are searching through wreckage for clues to why a passenger jet bound for the Canary Islands crashed shortly after takeoff from Madrid yesterday killing 153 passengers, the BBC reports. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion before the crash but officials say foul play has been ruled out. The voice recorders... More »

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Spain • black box • plane crash • air disasters • Madrid • Spanair

Diabetes Drug Given Strictest Warning Label

FDA's 'black box' adds risk of heart attack to concerns on Avandia

Nov 14, 07 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The FDA has applied its harshest warning to the diabetes drug Avandia, declaring the product potentially increases risk of heart attacks. Now marked with a “black box” warning, GlaxoSmithKline’s drug will stay on the market pending a continuing “safety assessment,” the Wall Street Journal reports; FDA... More »

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FDA • diabetes • black box • GlaxoSmithKline • Avandia • Actos

Tapes May Play at First 9/11 Damages Trial

Lawyer calls them the best evidence for blaming United Airlines

Sep 12, 07 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The dramatic last minutes recorded on Flight 93 may be heard at a wrongful death case filed by a victim’s wife, Reuters reports. In the first 9/11 damages case to reach trial, the black box recordings would play sounds of passengers breaking into the cockpit and retaking the airplane... More »

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black box • United Airlines • September 11 • airline • United Flight 93 • tape

Corzine Crashed at 91 MPH

Black box recorded speed five seconds before impact

Apr 18, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not only was Jon Corzine not wearing a seat belt, the SUV in which he was riding shotgun was clocked at 91 mph seconds before its crash last week. The trooper driving the New Jersey governor was going 26 mph over the limit on the Garden State Parkway—which he's... More »

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