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Cockpit voice recorder survived fiery Philly crash—but stopped taping years ago | Heroic work to recover and repair a CVR.
Heroic work to recover and repair a CVR.
You might remember the truly bizarre 2020 press conference held—for no discernible reason—at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, a half block off Cottman Avenue, where a not-yet- disbarred Rudy Giuliani led a farcical ensemble of characters in an event so weird it has been immortalized in its own, quite lengthy, Wikipedia article. Tracking data showed that the flight reached an altitude of 1,650 feet before plunging to earth, but the plane's pilots never conveyed any distress to the local air traffic control tower. The utility of this recording does not come just from what the pilots might say; the sound of a stall warning indicator or landing gear retraction or engine noise could each allow investigators to infer things about the flight's last moments.
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