Risking that this has been said before...
.. in other threads and with other incidents, but I find it annoying that the CVR should have been partially overwritten, losing investigators the chance to examine the actual incident itself.
On an aircraft which has a potential endurance of - what - 14 hours? - I am simply not able to understand why the CVR should overwrite critical data "because engine no1 could not be shut down until a few hours after the incident"
My IPhone is capable of recording a few MONTHS of CVR data.
-edit- or was this related to the electrical failures in some way?
regards,
Last edited by OutOfRunWay; 15th Nov 2010 at 08:50.