how is an airplane crash investigated?

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Not sure if this is a topic for a 5 year old, but I’m curious. I know we have black boxes
that keep record of data, but is it more than that?
I was reading about a B2 stealth bomber crash almost 15 years ago, the USAF investigation determined there
was moisture in the port transducer units causing
the air data system to malfunction.
If the plane crashed, how can they draw the
conclusion that there was moisture anywhere at all?

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If the wreckage is recoverable, they will attempt to reassemble the plane.

Like the wreckage of. TWA 800… it crashed in the ocean but they recovered most of it.. and put the pieces back together. They were able to see the explosion happened from the fuel tank.

https://www.airlive.net/wreckage-from-twa-flight-800-wich-crashed-25-years-ago-will-be-destroyed/amp/

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Not sure if this is a topic for a 5 year old, but I’m curious. I know we have black boxes
that keep record of data, but is it more than that?
I was reading about a B2 stealth bomber crash almost 15 years ago, the USAF investigation determined there
was moisture in the port transducer units causing
the air data system to malfunction.
If the plane crashed, how can they draw the
conclusion that there was moisture anywhere at all?

In: 4

4 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

If the wreckage is recoverable, they will attempt to reassemble the plane.

Like the wreckage of. TWA 800… it crashed in the ocean but they recovered most of it.. and put the pieces back together. They were able to see the explosion happened from the fuel tank.

https://www.airlive.net/wreckage-from-twa-flight-800-wich-crashed-25-years-ago-will-be-destroyed/amp/

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