According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation, audio recordings from cockpit voice recorders supplement flight data by providing related details on flight crew responses. The recordings also aid in assessments of how radio communications or other outside distractions may have been a factor in an accident.

Vietnam's National Assembly on Saturday approved a proposal to raise the special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages to 90% by 2031 from the current 65%

George Lamson Jr., who was the lone survivor of a Galaxy Airlines crash more than 40 years ago, said such stories always deeply affect him.