The cockpit voice recorder from the downed Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

(UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)

02.02.2000

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The cockpit voice recorder from the downed Alaska Airlines Flight 261 is held by the robotic arm of the remotely piloted vehicle SCORPIO on the deck of the MV Kellie Chouest off the coast of Ventura County, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2000. The cockpit voice recorder, more commonly called a black box, was located and brought aboard the ship following an 84-minute search by SCORPIO, a tethered unmanned work vehicle from the Navy's Deep Submergence Unit Unmanned Vehicle Detachment. The MV Kellie Chouest is a Military Sealift Command Submarine Support Ship. The search for the aircraft's flight data recorder continues.

(DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Spike Call, U.S. Navy. (Released))

• Date Taken: 02.02.2000
• Date Posted: 07.27.2025 12:39
• Photo ID: 9209860
• VIRIN: 000203-D-D0439-3799
• Resolution: 1728x1152
• Size: 575.2 KB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)