How to Use cockpit voice recorder in a Sentence

cockpit voice recorder

noun
  • The plane's flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder will be a key part of the investigation.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • One reason for a lack of a probable cause is that the cockpit voice recorder has not yet been located and studied.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Investigators were unable to find a cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder at the crash site.
    — USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • The board said in a statement Sunday said the aircraft's cockpit voice recorder was found 8 feet deep at the site of impact.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • According to the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, the truck was cleared to cross the runway 20 seconds before the crash.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Black boxes containing the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from both aircraft have been recovered.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The helicopter wasn’t required to have a cockpit voice recorder or a flight data recorder and didn’t have either, Graham said.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • United has been ordered to secure the cockpit voice recorder, as well as the flight data recorder for the investigation.
    — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 5 May 2026
  • Water had gotten inside the cockpit voice recorder, which will make downloading the data more difficult.
    — Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Local officials say a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the site of the crash of a passenger plane in Nepal.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Both black boxes, the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, are now being analyzed for valuable clues that could help determine the cause.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
  • Synchronization work for the Black Hawk flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder is ongoing.
    — Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Investigators retrieved the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder, which was buried under eight feet of debris.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The flight data recorder was found partially damaged and the cockpit voice recorder was collected intact, officials said.
    — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Recordings from both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder are missing, according to the report released Monday.
    — Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Right before the crash, discussions captured on the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the pilot wanted the landing gear to be launched.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The inspections concern the batteries being used in the cockpit voice recorder of the 737 Max planes.
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 May 2024
  • According to the report, maintenance inspection records showed that the jet was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder that could reveal what may have happened onboard.
    — USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • The jet was destroyed, and while it was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder that could shed light on what happened onboard, the device has not been recovered, according to the report.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • In each case, the cockpit voice recorder, known as one of the black boxes, was overwritten, preventing investigators from hearing what took place on the flight deck.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The plane did not have a flight data recorder, and investigators are trying to determine whether it was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder, Baker said.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 24 May 2025
  • Investigators retrieved both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, which will be key to providing insight into the plane’s last moments.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • And the plane’s black boxes — the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder — will be crucial in explaining what happened, helping shed light on the force and angle at which the plane landed.
    — Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The plane likely has a flight data recorder and possibly a cockpit voice recorder, but neither one has been recovered yet, according to Simpson.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 May 2025
  • Investigators previously reported that the plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder had been removed and sent to labs for testing.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Searchers found the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday, and combed through debris scattered down a gorge in search of the people who remain missing, but are presumed dead.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder, which could provide important clues about what happened.
    — Gary D. Robertson, Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Also, the cockpit voice recorder transcriptions for both aircraft are ongoing, the NTSB says.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Investigators were able to recover the plane’s cockpit voice recorder, a device that records the pilots’ conversation, and the plane’s flight data recorder or black box.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Homendy cited a provision, for example, that would require some aircraft to be fitted with a cockpit voice recorder capable of recording up to 25 hours.
    — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024

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