CNN CNNI Simulcast March 31, 2014 07:37:00
To us, it looks like zeros and ones. >> we get information from the manufacturer of the aircraft that has a data map, and that map translates all the zeros and ones into actual parameters. >> reporter: for the cockpit voice recorder, a team of six to eight people transcribes the devices, which picks up voices, to a door opening or a seat shifting. the work is difficult but key to understanding what went wrong in airline disasters. >> we want to make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: the director of this lab said it's incredibly rare to come across a black box too damaged to be able to ...
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