Rescue workers on Sunday found the second black box – the flight data recorder – from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines 600115.SS Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed into a mountain in southern China.
Flight MU5735 crashed on Monday, killing all 132 people on board, mainland China’s deadliest air disaster in 28 years.
As it headed towards the coast of Guangzhou from the southwest city of Kunming, the plane dipped from cruising altitude at the time it should have started its landing descent. The dead include nine crew members.
The black box, which may shed light on the cause of the accident, was sent to Beijing for examination and analysis, state media reported. The other black box – the cockpit voice recorder – was handed over to experts in the Chinese capital after it was found on Wednesday.
It was too early to determine the cause of the accident, and accidents are often the result of a combination of factors, experts said.
The second black box was found on a hillside at the crash site around 9:20 am (0120 GMT) in muddy conditions after rain for the past few days.
The device, part of which was badly damaged, was recovered 1.5 meters (5 feet) deep and 40 meters (130 feet) from the point of impact, said Zhu Tao, head of aviation security at the Civil Aviation Administration. from China.
“Civil aviation investigators at the scene confirmed that the flight data recorder storage unit was found,” Zhu told a news conference in Guangxi. “Parts of the recorder were badly damaged, but the outside of the storage unit was in good condition.”
The accident was the deadliest since a China Northwest Airlines flight from Xian to Guangzhou crashed, killing all 160 people on board. Read full story
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Monday’s flight appeared to briefly come out of its crash before resuming its land dive, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24. Their data showed the aircraft was falling 31,000 feet per minute.
The pilots did not respond to repeated calls from air traffic controllers and nearby planes during the rapid descent, officials said.
The disaster shocked China, leaving social media rampant as netizens analyzed the little-known for clues.
China’s cyberspace watchdog has ordered Internet platforms and websites to crack down on rumours, conspiracy theories and any online mockery of the disaster.
Since the crash, authorities have banned users and closed accounts to deal with more than 167,000 rumors, ranging from the death of seven company directors to divine prophecies of a plane crash through the end of March.
China is leading the investigation of the accident. The United States was invited to participate as the Boeing 737-800 was designed and manufactured there.
The US National Transportation Safety Board said it is working with US and Chinese authorities to resolve COVID-19 visa and quarantine issues before attending.
Source: CNN Brasil
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