Beijing.- Chinese media that had reported the finding of the second black box of the wrecked plane last Monday with 132 people on board in the south of the country they retracted the newswhile the search continues.
The finding was first reported by CAAC Newsa medium managed by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) which was echoed by national media such as Global Timesbefore the original publisher removed the information from their social media accounts.
According to the official agency Xinhuarescue teams continue to search for the second black boxwhich records technical information such as the route, speed, altitude and position of the plane’s engine and which could clarify why the Boeing 737-800 flying between the cities of Kunming (south) and Guangzhou (southeast) rushed to land in the Guangxi region at 2:38 p.m. local time (06:38 GMT) on Monday, with no survivors found so far.
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Last Wednesday, the black box that records the voices in the cockpit was located, which was sent to Beijing for inspection by experts.
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 seriously damaged. The memory unit was also damaged. some damage, but remained intact”.
Zhu warned that downloading and analyzing the data recorded in the first black box “will take time.”
The plane, which according to some witnesses plunged “into a dive”, descended almost 8,000 meters in less than three minutes, according to the FlightRadar24 flight tracking portal, for reasons still unknown.
The plane, in service since June 2015 and operated by the local airline China Eastern, had passed all the reviews established by the regulations and that its technical condition was “stable and normal” during takeoff, according to statements by an airline representative. quoted these days by the local press.
For the moment, the rescue services of the aforementioned region have covered an area of about 46,000 square meters during their search and rescue work, during which some human remains and some pieces of the plane have been found, among which is one of the motors, informed this Thursday the state chain CGTN.
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The steep terrain in which the plane fell and the rains recorded during these days have hindered the search efforts.
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