The Learjet had left Austin, Texas, and was bound for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas. (NTSB via SWNS)
By Dean Murray
Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Learjet 60 that crashed in Florida, killing all nine people on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the recorder was found at the site of initial impact on Nov. 1 near Greenacres.
The agency announced Monday excavation work at the impact site had been completed and the recorder is being evaluated at the NTSB’s Vehicle Recorders Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Often described as a “black box,” cockpit voice recorders capture sounds and conversations from the flight deck and may help investigators establish what happened in the moments before the crash.
(NTSB via SWNS)
The NTSB has not said whether the device was damaged or whether any recordings can be recovered.
The pilot, Jeff Gregory, 55, and copilot Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, were among those who died.
The seven passengers were Adam Robinson, 45, his wife Helen Sharp, 40, and their children Emma, 4, and Charlie, 2; the children’s nanny, Anita Maria Cetina, 24; and family friends Rachael Reed, 38, and Charmi Fehr, 38.
The Learjet had left Austin, Texas, and was bound for North Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
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