All 132 people aboard plane that crashed in China are dead, official tells state media
, which contain recorded information from the flight that can help investigators determine the cause of a crash. But the black box had sustained serious damage, senior Chinese aviation administration official Mao Yanfeng said Wednesday.
The crash is China’s deadliest since 1994, when a China Northwest Airlines flight crashed in Xian after an autopilot malfunction caused the plane to break up in midair, killing 160 people.
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