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 ...

For six years, safety investigators have pushed for a rule requiring planes to retain cockpit audio recordings for 25 hours. The FAA has been slow to respond, and now faces a black-box problem. The ...

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 ...

After recovering both engines, the jet’s enhanced ground proximity warning system, the cockpit voice recorder and the black box, investigators are one step closer to understanding what went wrong ...