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NTSB pulls docket after AI recreates dead pilots' voices
May 22, 2026
The NTSB suspended public access to its civil transportation accident docket after internet users used AI voice reconstruction tools to recreate deceased pilots' voices from a fatal cargo crash. Federal law prohibits public release of cockpit voice recorder audio, but AI synthesis circumvented that restriction indirectly. This signals a new regulatory gap: AI audio tools can reconstruct protected content from adjacent public data.