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Washington plane crash: critical data rests inside submerged Black Hawk wreckage

Aerotime

Parts that have been salvaged in the last 48 hours include the right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer and quick access recorder.

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Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average

Flying Magazine

Participating airlines equip their aircraft with quick access recorders to harvest and regularly uplink detailed flight data. FlightPulse is the newest outgrowth of a larger project, now about 20 years old, known as Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA).

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NTSB Update Cites New Altitude Information

AV Web

As of today, the CRJs right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical stabilizer, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer, and quick access recorder have been recovered and will be moved to a secure location for examination.

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Interview: David Marty, Airbus

Aviation Bussiness News

First, there is a need to utilise big data, especially time series data, instead of traditional data sources like Quick Access Recorders (QAR), Digital Access Recorders (DAR), and Aircraft Maintenance Centralized System (AMCS) reports, to maximise the value of predictive maintenance.