NTSB docket down after cockpit audio from fatal UPS crash recreated

NTSB docket down after cockpit audio from fatal UPS crash recreated

The National Transportation and Safety Board announced its docket system is temporarily unavailable after people were able to recreate "approximations" of cockpit audio from UPS Flight 2976, according to a May 22 release.

In the release, NTSB officials said the approximations were made with "image recognition and computational methods" using a visual representation of sound waves released as part of ongoing investigations. The NTSB does not release cockpit audio recordings.

"Federal law prohibits such public release due to the highly sensitive nature of verbal communications inside the cockpit. The NTSB takes these privacy restrictions seriously," the release states.

The docket system will be unavailable as NTSB officials examine the scope of the issue and evaluate potential solutions.

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