In the reading last night, the author uses the “Black Box” recordings from an airplane crashing. The way these recordings are made, is that the cockpit records what the pilots talk about throughout the flight using a recorder in an extremely secure box. These recordings are erased if the flight is successful, but the recording is shown if the flight encounters an accident as we saw in the reading. This reminded me of a website I saved a few years ago. This site, grimly but appropriately titled “Last Words” provides a list of black box recordings, from 1962 t0 2010. The recordings detail all that is said during the flight, and there may be translation errors. Regardless, this may be an interesting stouce for a project or for someone who wants to satisfy a morbid curiosity. Just a heads up, some of the content may be disturbing, so take caution in your readings should decide to explore the site.
The site can be found here:
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/lastwords.htm