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Efforts to download the flight-data recorder were captured on video, according to the BEA, and the work was observed by government air-crash investigators from the U.S., the U.K., Germany and Brazil, as well as two French legal officials.

Air France Flight Data Are Salvaged Andy Pasztor 2011

PARIS—French air-crash investigators said they found and retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from an Air France jetliner that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean almost two years ago, less than two days after searchers found the plane's flight data recorder.

France Set to Open Black Boxes in Crash Daniel Michaels 2011

*** Aviation U.S. air-crash investigators have urged design changes affecting an estimated 1,500 older Boeing 737 jetliners, after determining that debris can cause hazardous jams of some of their flight-control surfaces.

Business Watch 2011

The latest crash brings Russia's 2011 air-crash toll to 119 people in eight separate accidents.

Medvedev Orders Aviation Overhaul Gregory L. White 2011

Australian air-crash investigators have determined that a Jetstar Airbus A330 experienced two separate incidents of airspeed-sensor malfunctions in 2009, eight months apart, each time while flying through intense storms.

Air-Safety Experts Study Sensor Failures Andy Pasztor 2011

Around the same time, British air-crash investigators also criticized a Turkish Airlines crew for violating basic safety rules by failing to follow the instructions of automatic midair-collision warning systems while descending amid heavy traffic toward London's Heathrow International Airport.

Turkish Air Incidents May Hinder Growth Andy Pasztor 2011

U.S. air-crash investigators have urged design changes affecting an estimated 1,500 older Boeing 737 jetliners, after determining that debris can cause hazardous jams of some of their flight-control surfaces.

Safety Board Wants Changes in Older Boeing 737 Jets Andy Pasztor 2011

French air-crash investigators said Sunday that an undersea search team in the mid-Atlantic had located part of what appears to be a crashed Air France jetliner that disappeared almost two years ago en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people onboard.

Search Team Finds Part of Crashed Air France Jet Daniel Michaels 2011

Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department said it will launch a full inquiry into the incident and said it will invite French and U.K. air-crash investigators to join the probe.

Eight Injured in Emergency Landing of Cathay Plane Jeffrey Ng 2010

The Civil Aviation Department said Wednesday it had retrieved the aircraft's flight data recorders for analysis, and said it plans to invite Airbus, Rolls-Royce Group PLC, as well as French and U.K. air-crash investigators to join the investigation.

Both Engines Failed on Cathay Jet Jeffrey Ng 2010