An airliner’s so-called black boxes are designed around a grim requirement: the recorded data may need to survive conditions ...

We're getting a look at a potential key piece of evidence in figuring out what caused a UPS plane to catch fire and crash in Louisville. A large cargo plane crashed during takeoff Tuesday evening from ...

Investigators seeking answers about what caused an Alaska Airlines plane’s near-catastrophic midflight blowout on Jan. 5 are working without a key piece of evidence: audio from the flight’s black box ...

It's one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The so-called “black box."There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice recorder and ...

One of the two black box flight recorders from the EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month has been repaired, Egypt's investigation commission said Tuesday, prompting hopes it ...

There are usually a lot of questions when a plane crashes. And the one thing that can help provide some much-needed context is the black box. Interestingly, an airplane's black box isn't really black, ...

The “black box” data recorders from the hijacked passenger jet that smashed into the Pentagon, as well a device from the Pittsburgh crash, have been recovered by investigators. These may provide vital ...

Cairo — One of the two black box flight recorders from the EgyptAir plane that plunged into the Mediterranean last month has been repaired, Egypt’s investigation commission said Tuesday, prompting ...