Federal investigators have recovered the black boxes from the recent plane crash in the Potomac River, crucial for reconstructing the events leading up to the crash. These devices, which are ...

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday that the recording device, commonly called a black box ... the medical jet. The plane's operator, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, identified those ...

Black boxes ... from certain air traffic routes and limit other routes to police and medical helicopters. Jan. 31, 9:15 a.m. ESTA new video of the fatal helicopter and plane collision was released ...

Investigators are also listening to conversations between the pilots and crew and communications with air traffic ... killed in a plane crash in Australia in 1934. Why the name “black box”?

"because of the sense of mystery it conveys in the aftermath of an air disaster.” It's one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The so-called “black box ...