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What are black boxes? The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder are tools that help investigators reconstruct the events that lead up to a plane crash.

The cockpit voice recorder on the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed on June 12 has captured confusion between the pilots about how the fuel-control switches came to be switched off ...

This video explains how black boxes, flight data recorders, and cockpit voice recorders work and why they’re so essential to modern aviation safety.

What does the cockpit voice recorder do? The cockpit voice recorder collects radio transmissions and sounds such as the pilot’s voices and engine noises, according to the NTSB’s website.