Air France 447 CVR, FDR Recovered

Bethany Whitfield

Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:25 PM ET

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Air France 447 cockpit voice recorder
found lying on the floor of the Atlantic. BEA

Key Takeaways:

Air France Flight 447's cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was successfully retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean floor, following the recovery of its flight data recorder (FDR) just days prior, nearly two years after the 2009 crash.
Discovered at a depth of 12,800 feet during the fourth search effort, both black boxes appear to be in good condition despite exceeding their designed submersion limits.
The retrieved recorders are being sent for analysis, offering crucial data that investigators hope will finally provide answers to the victims' families and the airline industry about the tragic accident's cause.

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A search team located Air France Flight 447’s cockpit voice recorder and retrieved it from the Atlantic Ocean floor on Tuesday, nearly two years after the Airbus A330 crashed while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, killing all 216 passengers and 12 crewmembers aboard.

The find comes just days after searchers from France’s BEA investigative unit found the airplane’s flight data recorder, which records in-flight instrument information, at a depth of 12,800 feet. The two black boxes are being shipped to BEA headquarters in France this week, where investigators will open the units and determine what, if any, usable data can be retrieved from them.