FAA proposes upgrade of older flight data recorders

The FAA proposed a $314.6 million program, affecting nearly 6,000 existing airliners, to upgrade flight data recorders. It said recorders on older aircraft should capture 17 parameters instead of the current 11. Recorders on aircraft yet to be certified, it said, should cover 88 parameters. FAA...

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