History
The CVR was developed in the 1950s chiefly in Australia. In the investigation of the 1960 crash of Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 the inquiry judge strongly recommended that flight recorders be installed in all airliners. Australia became the first country in the world to make cockpit-voice recording compulsory.
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