Daoloth
November 14, 2001, 10:12pm
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Knowing the vast resources of todays internet, there has to be a public domain online where flight data and flight voice info for doomed flights are archived (i.e. transcripts, etc). Can anyone help me find one?
Not meaning to sound snotty or anything, but–did you look?
Google, “flight data transcript”, Hit #1 .
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/CVR_FDR.htm
A CVR [cockpit voice recorder ] committee usually consisting of members from the NTSB, FAA, operator of the aircraft, manufacturer of the airplane, manufacturer of the engines, and the pilots union, is formed to listen to the recording. This committee creates a written transcript of the tape to be used during the investigation. FAA air traffic control tapes with their associated time codes are used to help determine the local standard time of one or more events during the accident sequence. These times are applied to the transcript using a computer process which provides a local time for every event on the transcript. More precise timing for critical events can be obtained using a digital spectrum analyzer. This transcript contains all pertinent portions of the recording and can be released to the public at the time of the Safety Board’s public hearing.
The CVR recordings are treated differently than the other factual information obtained in an accident investigation. Due to the highly sensitive nature of the verbal communications inside the cockpit, Congress has required that the Safety Board not release any part of a CVR tape recording. Because of this sensitivity, a high degree of security is provided for the CVR tape and its transcript. The content and timing of release of the written transcript are strictly regulated: under federal law, transcripts of pertinent portions of cockpit voice recordings are released at a Safety Board public hearing on the accident or, if no hearing is held, when a majority of the factual reports are made public.
I don’t see a central website with everything. They’re all out there by flight number (or name, “EgyptAir”, etc.), so choose your flight and look it up, see it it’s been made public yet.
5-HT
November 14, 2001, 10:26pm
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This site: http://www.planecrashinfo.com/lastword.htm
has transcripts from some crashes and i think some audio too.
