"Second black box of Yemen jet found
MORONI - Authorities yesterday recovered the second of two black boxes from a Yemenia Airways jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean last June with 153 people aboard. The plane’s voice recorder was handed to a team investigating the crash. The flight’s data recorder was recovered using a remote-controlled robot the previous day."
Flashback:
"Data box recovered in Yemenia crash" by Associated Press | August 29, 2009
MORONI, Comoros - Investigators retrieved the slightly damaged flight data recorder and 10 more bodies yesterday from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean June 30, officials said.
The black box was found off the coast of the island nation’s capital, Moroni, according to the Comoros-based aviation investigation team. No details were provided about the other black box containing the voice recorder....
Interior Minister Bourhane Hamidou said the black box found yesterday is slightly damaged....
Aren't those things supposed to be indestructible?
In July, a French naval ship detected signal beacons from the flight data and cockpit recorders - key to determining the cause of the crash - at depths of 3,900 feet about 9 miles northwest of Grand Comoros island. The ship, however, lacked the deep sea diving equipment needed to retrieve them. A French ship carrying a special underwater robot arrived at the site Aug. 20 to continue the search....
Sounds like a kid making excuses, don't they?
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Anything on those BLACK BOXES, MSM?
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: The Yemen Yodel