Flight recorders or 'black boxes', have been used in investigations of aviation catastrophes since the mid-20th century. They have developed considerably over the years. We take a look back at some of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus will fit ejectable flight recorders to its long-range A350 jets from 2019, meaning they could float in the event of a crash at sea, the company said on ...

But the Air Line Pilots Association, the world’s biggest pilot union, warned that live-streaming of information from the flight data recorder, as an alternative to the current black boxes, could lead ...

HAMBURG (Reuters) - The crash of a missing EgyptAir [EGY.UL] jet has strengthened the case for "black boxes" that can pop out of an aircraft before an accident, removing the need for challenging ...