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flight recorder stories: 6 news summaries

 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

 6 More Air France Bodies Found


Jun 13, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six more bodies from Air France Flight 447 have been found, bringing the total to 50 even as authorities contemplate an end date for the search, the AP reports. Warm ocean water in the search area will speed up the sinking of bodies and attract feeding marine life, experts note,... More »

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plane crash • searchers • flight recorder • bodies • Air France Flight 447

Evidence Points to Pilot Error in Buffalo Crash

Investigation insiders say pilot commands, not ice, sent plane into deadly dive

Feb 18, 09 5:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Early examination of the evidence has led investigators to believe that pilot error rather than a buildup of ice was to blame for the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. Investigative insiders believe the captain incorrectly pulled back on the controls as the aircraft... More »

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investigation • plane crash • NTSB • pilot • flight recorder • Continental Airlines • Buffalo

 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

 Denver Crash a Mystery Again 

Rattling noise heard just before plane veered off runway and passengers panicked

Dec 23, 08 3:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Indications that a problem with the landing gear, brakes or tires caused a plane to skid off the runway in Denver have proved not to be true, CNN reports. Voice and data recorders reveal bumping and rattling sounds moments before the crash, investigators now say. The plane's captain is recovering... More »

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investigation • plane crash • NTSB • flight recorder • Continental Airlines • National Transportation Safety Board • landing gear

'I Knew We Were Going to Crash'

Survivors tell of aborted landing as investigators probe for clues

Sep 17, 07 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators have begun sifting through the smoldering wreckage of a Thai airliner which broke in two as it landed in a severe rainstorm  on the popular resort island of Phuket. "I saw the grass and knew we were going to crash," recalled one of 42 survivors of the... More »

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weather • Thailand • crash • rain • Phuket • One Two Go • Orient Thai Airlines • flight recorder • Sansern Wong Chaum

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