The discovery sent a shudder through aviation safety circles. Not because the recorder had failed (it hadn’t — not yet), but because the housing had cracked during normal pressurization cycles. If the breach had deepened unnoticed, salt air, condensation, or electrical shorts could have erased the very evidence needed to solve the next hypothetical crash.
December 2021 – Somewhere over the North Atlantic black box a330 crack 12 2021
Evaluating the potential for propagation of hidden cracks in structural elements. If you are interested, I can: The discovery sent a shudder through aviation safety circles
In the real world of commercial aviation, planes do not simply fly until something breaks. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continuously issue mandated rules called Airworthiness Directives (ADs). December 2021 – Somewhere over the North Atlantic
On the Christmas Day landing, one of these cracks spread rapidly, causing the entire bogie beam to fracture and fail. Aviation Safety Impact
: Set the engine starter switch to IGN START and move the engine master levers (located on the center pedestal) to ON one at a time. Flight Plan & MCDU Setup :