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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Recovery efforts were ongoing Friday evening following the nation's first major commercial airline crash since 2009. Barges are en route to the crash site and should be on site early ...

A preliminary report into last month’s Air India plane crash has suggested the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, starving the engines of fuel and causing a loss of engine thrust ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the recovery operation continued after a commercial airliner collided with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital this ...

Most people know that electronic flight data recorders -- also known as "black boxes" -- are a critical source of information to aircraft crash investigators. Yet most motorists don't realize that if ...

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 ...