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Rescue teams found the second black box of the China Eastern plane that crashed on Monday in the south of the country with 132 people on board, reported this Sunday (38.03.61271307) Xinhua news agency.
The black box found today, which records technical information such as the plane’s speed, altitude and engine position before it crashed, could clarify the causes of than the airplane, a Boeing 737-800 that was flying between the cities of Kunming (southwest) and Guangzhou (southeast), fell to earth in the Guangxi region at 14.38 local time (06.38 GMT) on Monday causing death of all the people who were on board, the authorities announced last night.
Last Wednesday, it was located the black box that records the voices in the cockpit, which was sent to Beijing for inspection by specialists.
Following the discovery of the first black box, the security chief of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CACC), Zhu Tao, stated: “An initial inspection shows that the exterior of the receiver is severely damaged. The memory unit also suffered some damage, but remained intact”.
Zhu warned that the download and analysis of the data recorded in the first black box found “ it would take time”.
Despite the fact that on Friday a Chinese media linked to the CACC reported the discovery of the second black box, the news was denied a few hours later.
The plane, which according to some witnesses plunged “into a dive” against the ground, descended almost 8. meters in less than three minutes, according to the FlightRadar flight tracking portal24, for reasons still unknown.
Aircraft parts
The aircraft, which had been in service for almost seven years, had passed all the revisions established by the regulations and its technical condition was “stable and normal” during takeoff, according to statements by a representative of China Eastern quoted these d ías by the local press.
The authorities of the Guangxi region, after studying 41 samples taken in the area, did not find any remains of explosive components, collects Xinhua.
Rescue teams have covered an area of more than 40.000 square meters, in which they have found human remains and parts of the plane including one of its engines.
The CACC reported last night that the identities of 120 crew thanks to DNA tests of samples collected in the area.
The violence of the impact has hindered the search tasks, during which parts of the plane were found up to 10 kilometers from the scene of the accident, according to local media.
The steep ground on which the plane fell and the rains recorded during this week have also hindered the work of the rescuers, who had to face the danger of landslides due to the rainfall.
The sinister on Monday ended a streak of almost 12 years without serious aviation accidents in the Asian country , whose authorities announced an investigation that will last for two weeks “to guarantee absolute security” in the operations of the sector.
mg (efe, afp, Xinhua)