"Lebanon recovers downed jet’s black box" by ASSOCIATED PRESS | February 8, 2010
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s marine commandos recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said yesterday in a statement.
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Passenger jets carry two black boxes - a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder. They are commonly referred to as simply “the black box.’’ The two are usually in the rear of a plane, the area most likely to survive a crash intact.
But nothing from 9/11 here in the U.S.
And the conflicting reports on the other plane crashes I've covered!
Stink!
Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi told the local Al-Jadeed television that the box recovered yesterday was the flight data recorder. He had earlier said that the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet off the coast just south of Beirut airport.
Took him 45 minutes to get that far?
“Now, the search is continuing for the second box,’’ he said, referring to the cockpit voice recorder. Analyzing data in the black box is critical to determining the cause of the crash.
Thus the missing boxes, conflicting reports, and other such things on the other plane crashes. MSM and government never telling the truth on them.
A senior Lebanese army officer said the black box was taken to a Lebanese naval base in Beirut. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly to the media.
Haven't heard anything since.
Also related:
CRASH VICTIMS MOURNED - Relatives of passengers of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET409, which crashed into the Mediterranean on Jan. 25, killing all 90 aboard, grieved yesterday at the site of the accident south of Beirut. (Sharif Karim/Reuters)
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