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Richard Upchurch began his Brooklyn-based sound recorder business by making a handcrafted audio device for his nephew. A few more were requested by his teachers and then he started selling them online ...

Investigators seeking answers about what caused an Alaska Airlines plane’s near-catastrophic midflight blowout on Jan. 5 are working without a key piece of evidence: audio from the flight’s black box ...

A Deployable Flight Incident Recorder Unit (DFIRU) is pictured in a posed photo at the DRS Technologies facilities in Carleton Place, Ontario, on Jan. 21, 2015. Flight recorders or "black boxes," used ...

After months of leaks and anticipation, the Humax Aura EZ Freely Recorder is officially on sale – and it comes with a catch or two worth knowing about before you buy. The £249 box is the only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A black box recorder from the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week was found severely damaged at the crash site in ...