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Cockpit voice recorder survived fiery Philly crash—but stopped taping years ago

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This year, on January 31, a little further west on Cottman, a Learjet 55 medevac flight crashed one minute after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The plane, fully loaded with fuel for a trip to Springfield, Missouri, came down near a local mall, clipped a commercial sign, and exploded in a fireball when it hit the ground. The crash generated a debris field 1,410 feet long and 840 feet wide, according to the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB), and it killed six people on… (arstechnica.com) More...

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ThinkingGuy
George Lane 2
Is there any requirement (or even vendor recommendation) that voice data recorders be periodically tested to verify that they're actually recording voice?

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