Medical transport flights (and virtually any flight for-hire, for that matter) are commercial flights according to the FAA. In this case the flight would be covered under Part 135, which does mandate ...

US investigators have disclosed that the cockpit-voice recorder on the ambulance Learjet 55 which fatally crashed in Philadelphia failed to capture audio from the flight. The 30min recording tape had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A commercial aircraft approaches to land at San Diego International Airport, in San Diego, California, U.S., January 6, 2022.

A Learjet 55 medical aircraft crashed into a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff, killing seven people (all six aboard and one motorist) and injuring 24 others. The crash ...

The FAA has finalized a rule extending the required cockpit voice recorder (CVR) retention time from two hours to 25 hours for newly manufactured aircraft subject to CVR equipage requirements. This ...

In the uncompromising discipline of air accident investigation, physical evidence tells only part of the story. Twisted fuselage and scorched engines may reveal what happened, but the Cockpit Voice ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deadly Air India crash has reignited a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over cockpit video recorders. International ...

The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and ...

WASHINGTON – Searchers today found the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the hijacked plane that flew into the Pentagon and exploded three days earlier, Department of Defense officials said ...

Explore the tragic timeline of Air India's Boeing Dreamliner crash as investigators unveil cockpit details and findings.