Improved cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) — with a recording capability of at least 25 hours — should be required on all new and existing aircraft that currently must be equipped with two-hour recorders, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.
The NTSB said today that it approved a report earlier in October containing the following two recommendations to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
- “Require all newly manufactured airplanes that must have a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) be fitted with a CVR capable of recording the last 25 hours of audio”; and,
- “By January 1, 2024, require retrofit of all cockpit voice recorders (CVR) on all airplanes required to carry both a CVR and a flight data recorder with a CVR capable of recording the last 24 hours of audio.”
The NTSB said that the recommendations were prompted by the ag…
