Investigators seeking answers about what caused an Alaska Airlines plane’s near-catastrophic midflight blowout on Jan. 5 are working without a key piece of evidence: audio from the flight’s black box ...

The cockpit voice recorder, known as the "black box," from a plane that crashed and left seven people dead soon after takeoff from a Philadelphia airport didn't record the aircraft's final moments, ...

Aviation investigators have begun examining the cockpit voice recorder from the downed Boeing plane in China, which crashed on Monday with 132 passengers onboard. Recording material from the first ...

In the high-stakes world of aviation, the black box, officially known as the flight recorder, is recognized as an important device for flight safety and accountability. Black boxes have often been ...

Thursday marks the first full day of the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the deadly crash at ...