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Why Retrieving Black Boxes Matters
Black boxes are critical in aviation accident investigations, providing vital data to determine the cause of crashes.
June 13, 2025
Key Points
- 1The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) recovered the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from the Ahmedabad crash site.
- 2The London-bound flight crashed soon after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon (June 12).
- 3A black box is a flight recorder, with origins in the early 1950s.
- 4Most aircraft are required to be equipped with two black boxes — the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and the flight data recorder (FDR).
- 5It usually takes at least 10-15 days to analyse the data recovered from the black boxes after a crash.
Important Terms
Black BoxFDRCVRAircraft AccidentAAIB
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