NTSB halts crash dossiers after AI reconstructs cockpit audio from image study
A CNN report describes how AI techniques reconstructed cockpit voice information from a spectrogram image in an NTSB crash docket, prompting the agency to pause public access to investigation dockets and urge platforms to remove posts sharing the audio. The move follows the UPS Flight 2976 crash near Louisville in November 2025, where an engine separated and killed the three crew members and 12 people on the ground. The NTSB reiterates that it does not release cockpit voice recordings to protect privacy and investigation integrity, and it seeks to prevent further privacy breaches by social-media platforms.