Airbus in talks with regulator on ejectable 'black
boxes'
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Airbus has begun talks with a European regulator on
proposals to make ejectable flight recorders available on its two largest
models, the A380 and the new A350, potentially making them the first commercial
planes to use the technology.
The European company said it was also not ruling out expanding the use of
ejectable recorders, which combine both voice and data recordings, to new
versions of its popular A330 and A320 planes.
The talks with the European Aviation Safety Agency come as global aviation
authorities consider recommending the devices to make it easier to recover
evidence in cases such as the Dec 28 crash of an AirAsia jet, whose data
recorder was recovered more than two weeks later but whose voice recorder is
still missing.
Used in military planes for decades, ejectable or "deployable" recorders
separate from the tail during a crash and float, while emitting a satellite
distress signal.
"Airbus is working with EASA ... and other stakeholders to advance the
approval of such a solution industry-wide," said a spokesman for the European
planemaker, adding there was no indication when the devices would be in use on
Airbus planes.
"In the future, applicability for our other aircraft products could be
likewise considered, but presently we have decided to focus on the A350 and
A380," he added.
EASA declined to comment.
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