'Mayday, Mayday' these were the final words moments before contact was lost. Here's a list of some of the most horrifying final messages from the cockpit before some of the deadliest air crashes took place in the aviation history.

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A regional plane carrying 61 people crashed Friday in a residential neighborhood in Brazil, killing all on board, the airline said, as emergency crews blanketed the area.

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A black box from a ship loaded with chemical and plastic that is sinking off Sri Lanka has been located, officials said Sunday, as investigators probe what caused the vessel to catch fire.

The Voyage Data Recorder, also known as a maritime "black box", enables investigators to review procedures and instructions ahead of an accident.

Sri Lankan authorities said they hope it will provide details of the ship's movements and its communications with the harbour in the capital Colombo, where it had been due to dock.

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"The navy facilitated technicians to remove the VDR from the bridge which is still above the waterline," navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP.

The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl has been slowly sinking into the Indian Ocean since Wednesday after a fire that raged for nearly two weeks within sight of the coast.

The ship, carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid and a huge amount of plastic raw materials, was heading to Colombo from Gujarat, India.

Sri Lankan officials have said an acid leak since May 11 may have sparked the blaze. Ports in Qatar and India had refused to offload the leaking nitric acid, they added.

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Police on the island nation launched a criminal investigation, interviewing the vessel's skipper and chief engineer, both Russians, and its chief officer, an Indian, and seizing their passports.

Authorities are bracing for a possible oil spill after the stern submerged. There has been no sign of any leaks so far, they added.

Tonnes of microplastic granules from the ship swamped an 80-kilometre (50-mile) stretch of beach declared off-limits for residents. Fishing in the area was also banned.

Sri Lankan environmentalists on Friday sued the government and the ship's operators for allegedly failing to prevent what they called the "worst marine disaster" in the country's history.

A black box from a ship loaded with chemical and plastic that is sinking off Sri Lanka has been located, officials said Sunday, as investigators probe what caused the vessel to catch fire.

A black box from a ship loaded with chemical and plastic that is sinking off Sri Lanka has been located, officials said Sunday, as investigators probe what caused the vessel to catch fire. The Voyage Data Recorder, also known as a maritime "black box", enables investigators to review procedures and instructions ahead of an accident. Sri Lankan authorities said they hope it will provide details of the ship's movements and its communications with the harbour in the capital Colombo, where it had been due to dock. Also Read | No oil spill, but Container Ship MV X-Press Pearl partially sunk, says ICG "The navy facilitated technicians to remove the VDR from the bridge which is still above the waterline," navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl has been slowly sinking into the Indian Ocean since Wednesday after a fire that raged for nearly two weeks within sight of the coast. The ship, carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid and a huge amount of plastic raw materials, was heading to Colombo from Gujarat, India. Sri Lankan officials have said an acid leak since May 11 may have sparked the blaze. Ports in Qatar and India had refused to offload the leaking nitric acid, they added. Also Read | Sri Lanka braces for oil spill from sunken ship: Here is what we know Police on the island nation launched a criminal investigation, interviewing the vessel's skipper and chief engineer, both Russians, and its chief officer, an Indian, and seizing their passports. Authorities are bracing for a possible oil spill after the stern submerged. There has been no sign of any leaks so far, they added. Tonnes of microplastic granules from the ship swamped an 80-kilometre (50-mile) stretch of beach declared off-limits for residents. Fishing in the area was also banned. Sri Lankan environmentalists on Friday sued the government and the ship's operators for allegedly failing to prevent what they called the "worst marine disaster" in the country's history.

Sri Lanka recovers black box from sinking ship

Investigators have begun work on the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran in January, France's BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday.

Iranian forces say they downed the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) jet, a Boeing 737, on Jan. 8 after mistaking it for a missile at a time of high tensions with the United States. All 176 people aboard Flight PS752 were killed.

Lab work to extract data from the black boxes got underway after a preliminary meeting with Iranian and other officials present at BEA headquarters outside Paris, a spokesman said.

The cockpit voice recorder will be accessed first, with the flight data recorder to follow, he said, adding that the work was likely to take at least until Thursday.

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The data extraction is also being observed by Canadian, U.S., Swedish and British air accident investigators as well as representatives from UIA, Boeing and engine maker Safran.

Iran agreed in June to send the black boxes to the BEA for analysis, ending a long standoff with Canada, Ukraine and France over access to the data.

Many of the crash victims were Canadian citizens or permanent residents, or had Canada as their final destination.

An interim report by Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation last week blamed a misalignment of a radar system and lack of communication between the air defence operator and his commanders for the tragedy.

Investigators have begun work on the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran in January, France's BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday.

Investigators have begun work on the flight recorders from the Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran in January, France's BEA accident investigation bureau said on Monday. Iranian forces say they downed the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) jet, a Boeing 737, on Jan. 8 after mistaking it for a missile at a time of high tensions with the United States. All 176 people aboard Flight PS752 were killed. Lab work to extract data from the black boxes got underway after a preliminary meeting with Iranian and other officials present at BEA headquarters outside Paris, a spokesman said. The cockpit voice recorder will be accessed first, with the flight data recorder to follow, he said, adding that the work was likely to take at least until Thursday. Also read: Blackbox damaged, data retrieval for accident probe may get delayed The data extraction is also being observed by Canadian, U.S., Swedish and British air accident investigators as well as representatives from UIA, Boeing and engine maker Safran. Iran agreed in June to send the black boxes to the BEA for analysis, ending a long standoff with Canada, Ukraine and France over access to the data. Many of the crash victims were Canadian citizens or permanent residents, or had Canada as their final destination. An interim report by Iran's Civil Aviation Organisation last week blamed a misalignment of a radar system and lack of communication between the air defence operator and his commanders for the tragedy.

Work begins on black boxes from Ukrainian jet downed by Iran

A Boeing 737 jet carrying 136 people on board, slid into a river in Florida after shooting off the runway. Blackbox of the plane being examined. Watch the full video to know more.

Boeing 737 skids off runway, Blackbox of the plane being examined

Data from one of the black boxes of a crashed EgyptAir plane showed smoke alarms had sounded on board, while soot was found on the wreckage, an Egyptian-led investigative committee said today. 
 
The black box had been retrieved from the bottom of the Mediterranean after the Airbus A320 with 66 people on board plunged into the sea on May 19 while heading to Cairo from Paris.&nbsp; 
 
It had recorded the flight&#39;s data from its departure until it &quot;stopped at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,250 metres),&quot; the committee said in a statement. 
 
&quot;Recorded data is showing a consistency with Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) messages of lavatory smoke and avionics smoke,&quot; it said, two days after the damaged recorder was repaired in France. 
 
Investigators had previously announced that the plane&#39;s automated ACARS sent signals indicating smoke alarms on board the plane before it went down. 
 
&quot;Parts of the front section of the aircraft showed signs of high temperature damage and soot,&quot; the committee statement added. 
 
Egyptian investigators had confirmed that the aircraft had made a 90-degree left turn followed by a 360-degree turn to the right before hitting the sea. 
 
The plane was carrying 40 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis, two Canadians and one passenger each from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. 
 
The repair work of the cockpit voice recorder, the second black box, was underway at the France&#39;s Bureau d&#39;Enqu?tes et d&#39;Analyses pour la s?curit? de l&#39;aviation civile (BEA) air safety agency. 
 
The device had been found broken into pieces but salvage experts managed to retrieve the recorder&#39;s memory unit, Egypt&#39;s civil aviation ministry had said. 
 
The committee statement said the search remained for the remains of the passengers and crew. 
 
It &quot;will continue till the full recovery of all the remains at the crash location,&quot; it said. 
 
Both Egyptian and French judiciary have opened investigations into the mysterious incident, without ruling out that it had been deliberately downed. 
 
The crash follows the bombing of a Russian passenger over Egypt&#39;s restive Sinai Peninsula last October, killing all 224 passengers and crew. 
 
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for that attack, but there has been no such claim linked to the EgyptAir crash, and the group usually swiftly claims responsibility for large scale attacks. 
 
Egypt&#39;s aviation minister had initially said an attack was the more likely explanation, but President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said there was no theory being favoured yet. 
 
EgyptAir said last week advance compensation payments of $25,000 will be offered to families of the 66 people killed in the crash. 
 
The payments are separate to those expected from insurance companies on behalf of various parties depending on the investigation into the disaster. 
 
(AFP)

Data from one of the blackboxes of EgyptAir Airbus A320 revealed that parts of the front section showed signs of high temperature and soot

Data from one of the black boxes of a crashed EgyptAir plane showed smoke alarms had sounded on board, while soot was found on the wreckage, an Egyptian-led investigative committee said today. The black box had been retrieved from the bottom of the Mediterranean after the Airbus A320 with 66 people on board plunged into the sea on May 19 while heading to Cairo from Paris. It had recorded the flight's data from its departure until it "stopped at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,250 metres)," the committee said in a statement. "Recorded data is showing a consistency with Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) messages of lavatory smoke and avionics smoke," it said, two days after the damaged recorder was repaired in France. Investigators had previously announced that the plane's automated ACARS sent signals indicating smoke alarms on board the plane before it went down. "Parts of the front section of the aircraft showed signs of high temperature damage and soot," the committee statement added. Egyptian investigators had confirmed that the aircraft had made a 90-degree left turn followed by a 360-degree turn to the right before hitting the sea. The plane was carrying 40 Egyptians, 15 French, two Iraqis, two Canadians and one passenger each from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. The repair work of the cockpit voice recorder, the second black box, was underway at the France's Bureau d'Enqu?tes et d'Analyses pour la s?curit? de l'aviation civile (BEA) air safety agency. The device had been found broken into pieces but salvage experts managed to retrieve the recorder's memory unit, Egypt's civil aviation ministry had said. The committee statement said the search remained for the remains of the passengers and crew. It "will continue till the full recovery of all the remains at the crash location," it said. Both Egyptian and French judiciary have opened investigations into the mysterious incident, without ruling out that it had been deliberately downed. The crash follows the bombing of a Russian passenger over Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula last October, killing all 224 passengers and crew. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for that attack, but there has been no such claim linked to the EgyptAir crash, and the group usually swiftly claims responsibility for large scale attacks. Egypt's aviation minister had initially said an attack was the more likely explanation, but President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said there was no theory being favoured yet. EgyptAir said last week advance compensation payments of $25,000 will be offered to families of the 66 people killed in the crash. The payments are separate to those expected from insurance companies on behalf of various parties depending on the investigation into the disaster. (AFP)

EgyptAir black box confirms smoke on board: probe

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