China authorities have found one of the two black boxes belonging to the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed on Monday, according to an official of the aviation regulator.
- UPDATE CAAC official said in #MU5735 press conference that based on preliminary inspection, the black box found today is the Cockpit Voice Recorder. It has been sent to Beijing for decoding.
Exclusive image from the crash site: recusers found one of two black boxes that belong to China Eastern Airlines #MU5735 #Boeing737 plane. pic.twitter.com/yFgOlxoc8F
— WatchTower 环球瞭望台 (@WatchTowerGW) March 23, 2022
Recovering the ‘black boxes’ – devices that record flight crew conversations and data from the plane’s systems – is key to discovering why flight MU5735 plunged out of the sky at close to the speed of sound before slamming into a hillside.
