Plane crashes: Last words of pilots captured on black box recordings in air disasters
30 Dec, 2020 05:42 AM
6 minutes to read
WARNING: Distressing content
The cockpit voice recorder is one of the most important, but haunting, remains from a plane crash.
One of two parts that make up the aircraft's black box, the cockpit voice recorder captures conversations and alarms on doomed planes to help investigators determine what went wrong.
But while those recordings are essential, they are often hard to listen to.
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