David Warren, 85, an Australian scientist who invented the flight data recorder, the so-called "black box" that has helped solve airplane crashes and has improved airline safety around the world ...

Airplanes constantly collect and store vital flight data using systems designed to survive even the worst-case scenarios.

Data recovery from the flight data recorders aboard Air India flight 171, which tragically crashed on June 12, began this past week.

A preliminary report into the Air India disaster has been released based on the data recovered from the plane’s black boxes ...

In the wake of the recent Air India Boeing 787 crash, global attention has turned once again to the aircraft’s \"black boxes\ ...

‘Black boxes’ tell of tragedies Recorders: A plane’s flight data and voice recorders are critical to dissecting aviation disasters. To fully understand what happened to TWA Flight 800, their ...

This is a black box. If a plane goes down in the middle of the ocean the crucial data about the last moments of the flight go with it. There’s a better way to do this ...

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Indian investigators on Friday recovered the digital flight data recorder, or the black box, of the Air India flight that fell from the sky and killed 241 people on board and ...

The second black box from Lion Air flight 610, which crashed in October 2018, was recovered in January 2019. Azwar Ipank/AFP/Getty Images ...

Air India plane crash investigators have found both of the Boeing 787's "black boxes," hopefully brining an understanding of ...

Despite the name, "black box" devices are painted bright orange to aid in recovery after a crash. The flight data recorder box captures information on the plane including airspeed, altitude ...

Flight data recorder from Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea just after takeoff with 62 people on board should help explain the crash, but another black box is still missing.