Behind the scene of accident investigations.

Accident investigation has embraced the digital age with cameras, phones and tracking systems as witnesses

Ghosts in the machine | Flight Safety Australia

A seaplane carrying tourists dives into a narrow bay, a helicopter disappears in a storm, an aerial firefighting tanker flies into the ground. None of these aircraft carried or were required to carry working flight data recorders (FDR) or cockpit voice recorders (CVR). But among the debris of these crashes—or recording them from the ground—were electronic devices that are allowing investigators to solve the mystery of their crashes and prevent similar accidents in future.