11 Facts About Flight recorder

Flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents.

One of the first UK uses of the data recovered from an aircraft accident was that recovered from the Royston "Midas" data Flight recorder that was onboard the British Midland Argonaut involved in the Stockport Air Disaster in 1967.

Flight recorder was invented and patented in the United States by Professor James J "Crash" Ryan, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota from 1931 to 1963.

Ryan's flight recorder maintained a continuing recording of aircraft flight data such as engine exhaust temperature, fuel flow, aircraft velocity, altitude, control surfaces positions, and rate of descent.

Flight recorder's patent was for a device for recording audio of pilot remarks and engine or other sounds to be "contained with the in-flight recorder within a sealed container that is shock mounted, fireproofed and made watertight" and "sealed in such a manner as to be capable of withstanding extreme temperatures during a crash fire".

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Flight data recorder is an electronic device employed to record instructions sent to any electronic systems on an aircraft.

Cockpit voice recorder is a flight recorder used to record the audio environment in the flight deck of an aircraft for the purpose of investigation of accidents and incidents.

Recovery of sound from magnetic tape often proves difficult if the Flight recorder is recovered from water and its housing has been breached.

Currently, EUROCAE specifies that a Flight recorder must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.

All are lettered "Flight recorder do not open" on one side in English and "Enregistreur de vol ne pas ouvrir" in French on the other side.

Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 demonstrated the limits of the contemporary flight recorder technology, namely how physical possession of the flight recorder device is necessary to help investigate the cause of an aircraft incident.