Chinese emergency workers have found one of two black boxes from a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week with 132 people onboard. 7NEWS
What is believed to be the cockpit voice recorder appeared to have survived the impact, a Civil Aviation Administration ofFlight MU5735 was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming to Guangzhou on Monday when theWatch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free onAccording to flight data, the jet had been in the air for more than an hour and was nearing its destination when it suddenly dropped from an altitude of 29,100ft to 9075ft in just two minutes and 15 seconds.
“An initial inspection showed that the exterior of the recorder has been severely damaged but the storage units, while also damaged to some extent, are relatively complete,” CAAC official Zhu Tao said.Investigators are looking at several possible causes of the crash - including deliberate action, pilot error, or technical issues such as a structural failure or mid-air collision.the way the aircraft nosedived vertically was “very unusual”.
“There are some suggestions that the tail came away, there’s also suggestion of a possible bomb and also human factors related to the pilot”China Eastern said the crashed plane, which was nearly seven years old, had met all airworthiness requirements pre-flight.
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