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Since Monday's horrific crash of American Airlines flight 587, we've been hearing a lot about black boxes, flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders. What does all of this in-flight technology do for us - and why do we still need...
...Senate unanimously approved a bill to federalize about 28,000 airport jobs in 142 of the nation?s largest airports. Beyond a push to federalize airport workers, the Senate measure mirrors the House plan; it provides the same funding for federal marshals on commercial flights and mandates more secure cockpit doors. Approving that combination of security guidelines, Senators say, is a critical move towards accountability, and, in turn, regaining the trust of a jittery flying public. Currently safety workers are hired by private firms and, critics say, are held to less than exacting standards...
...investigation continued Tuesday into the crash of American Airlines flight 587, which killed 246 passengers and nine crew members. Workers at the scene recovered the plane's flight data recorder, one of the two "black boxes" used to analyze the last moments aboard doomed flights. The cockpit voice recorder was pulled from the wreckage just hours after the crash...
...There is no evidence as yet that the cause of the crash was terrorism. The plane's cockpit voice recorder was recovered at around 1 p.m. EST, and was sent immediately to the National Transportation Safety Board for analysis. "No one should speculate as to the cause of this crash," Mayor Giuliani warned during an afternoon news conference...
...press secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters the President was informed of the crash while he was at a national security meeting. Fleischer said the president called both Mayor Giuliani and New York governor George Pakaki to express his "concern." Fleischer said there had been "no unusual communications with the cockpit" before the plane crashed, but that he "wanted to be cautious about any conclusions at this time." He said there had been no credible threats received today that indicated such an action might occur...