Object Details
Description
Description: This poster depicting parts of an airliner’s flight recorder was produced to help law enforcement officers locate the missing "black boxes."
Context: Police investigators combed the debris of the World Trade Center looking for personal objects and evidence about the hijacking. High on the list of things to find were the two flight recorders (“black boxes”) from each of the two planes that had been used to destroy the Twin Towers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) created a poster to show all the law enforcement officers at the Staten Island recovery site, most of whom had never seen a flight recorder, what they should search for. No flight recorders were recovered from the World Trade Center debris.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
2002.0057.10
catalog number
2002.0057.10
accession number
2002.0057
Object Name
Poster
associated
United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
September 11
Data Source
National Museum of American History
associated subject
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
related event
Attack on the World Trade Center
September 11th Attacks
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1195299