1.   The flight data recorder measures altitude, speed and acceleration of the aircraft at the time of an accident.

2.   The flight recorder was found smashed and partially submerged in a creek nearby.

3.   The reports said the independent investigation team was still looking for the flight data recorder.

4.   These were essentially flight recorders but were not made to withstand crash forces.

5.   The autopilot can be connected up with the flight recorder.

6.   Accident investigators have found the black box flight recorder.

7.   Also Monday, the board released an edited transcript of the cockpit voice recording and some information from the flight data recorder.

8.   An early break came Monday when the flight data recorder was recovered from the wreckage.

9.   And, he noted, the flight data recorder captures someone in the cockpit cutting engine power.