The device, part of which was badly damaged, was recovered 1.5 meters underground and 40 meters from the point of impact.
Flight MU5735 crashed on Monday, killing all 132 people onboard, mainland China’s deadliest aviation disaster in 28 years.
It was too soon to determine the cause of the crash, and crashes are usually the result of a combination of factors, experts said.The second black box was dug out of a slope at the crash site about 9:20 a.m. in muddy conditions after rain in recent days. The crash was the deadliest since a China Northwest Airlines flight from Xian to Guangzhou crashed, killing all 160 people on board.
The disaster has shocked China, sending social media into overdrive as netizens parsed what little was known for clues.
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