FAA Orders Black Box Upgrades

On Mar. 7, the FAA issued its final rule mandating upgrades of flight data recorders by 2010-12. Requirements include an increase in cockpit voice recorder time to 2 hr. from 15-30 min. and an increased sampling rate of flight data recorder parameters. The ruling affects existing and new-production...

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