Patent ID: 8493715

Claim:
An apparatus for holding a flight data recorder in an aircraft comprising: a housing for enclosing the flight data recorder, the housing provided with an opening for the flight data recorder to egress from the housing; a cover for closing the opening when the cover is in a closed position; one or more releasable fasteners holding the cover in the closed position and configured to open the cover when the one or more releasable fasteners are triggered; and a pressurized flotation device provided within the housing and attached to the flight data recorder, wherein when the aircraft is under water, one or more releasable fasteners are triggered thereby opening the cover and the flotation device floats pulls the flight data recorder out of the housing and floats the flight data recorder to the surface of the water, wherein the flight data recorder is attached to the flotation device such that the flight data recorder is contained inside the flotation device.