Chinese state media say the 2nd “black box” has been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed 132 people last week. Searchers had been looking for the flight data recorder after finding the cockpit voice recorder 4 days ago.
FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers carry a piece of plane wreckage at the site of Monday's plane crash in Tengxian County, southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on March 25, 2022. The second “black box” has been recovered following the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed 132 people last week, Chinese state media said Sunday, March 27.
Firefighters taking part in the search found the recorder, an orange cylinder, on a mountain slope about 1.5 meters underground, state broadcaster CCTV said. Experts confirmed it was the second black box.
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