RECORDING DIGITAL COCKPIT-GROUND COMMUNICATION ON AN ACCIDENT-PROTECTED SPEECH RECORDER

摘要

The invention concerns a method of and an apparatus for recording digital messages which are exchanged with data link devices between a pilot of an aircraft and staff on the ground, comprising an accident-protected speech recorder and a data link device on board an aircraft (aeroplane), in particular a passenger aircraft. According to the invention a speech synthesis unit arranged between the data link device and at least one input of the speech recorder on board the aircraft converts the digital messages into analog speech signals which are recordable by the speech recorder.