NTSB lab receives cockpit recorder from fatal Florida jet crash

The NTSB recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a Bahamas-bound Learjet that crashed in Florida on Nov. 1, killing all nine people aboard. The recorder is being examined at a Washington laboratory, but investigators have not yet determined whether it was damaged or functioning; if its data can be retrieved, it may help explain the pilots’ response to turbulence, icing and rapidly developing storms before the plane lost control. Other evidence includes video of the jet’s descent, air traffic control recordings and elevator pieces found more than a mile from the crash site.