New York crash investigators examine data recorder for clues

Investigators closely studying both black boxes recovered from American Airlines Flight 587, hope to explain why the doomed plane shook twice before breaking apart above a New York neighbourhood still grieving for its victims of the World Trade Centre attacks.

New York crash investigators examine data recorder for clues

Investigators closely studying both black boxes recovered from American Airlines Flight 587, hope to explain why the doomed plane shook twice before breaking apart above a New York neighbourhood still grieving for its victims of the World Trade Centre attacks.

The plane’s cockpit voice recorder indicates the pilots struggled for control during the first moments after takeoff and encountered wake turbulence, believed to have contributed to other deadly airline crashes.

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