'Black box' found in wreckage
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August 1, 2010, Sunday
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RECOVERY workers found the "black box" flight data recorder yesterday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said.
An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide clues as to why the Airblue flight crashed Wednesday into the hills overlooking the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people onboard, including two Americans. The recorder's decoding may take weeks, however.
The black box was found during a difficult recovery effort hampered by rain, mud and a lack of proper roads in the heavily forested Margalla Hills. It has been handed to aviation officials, said Ramzan Sajid, a spokesman for the Capital Development Authority, a government agency. He said the box was found in wreckage of the plane's tail section.
Pakistan does not have the proper expertise to decode information stored on the recorder, so it plans to send it to another country, said the Civil Aviation Authority.
The authority's spokesman, Pervez George, said Friday the decoding process could take a month.
The plane - an Airbus A321 model - was ordered to take an alternative approach to the runway at Islamabad airport but apparently veered off course, the Civil Aviation Authority said earlier.
An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide clues as to why the Airblue flight crashed Wednesday into the hills overlooking the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people onboard, including two Americans. The recorder's decoding may take weeks, however.
The black box was found during a difficult recovery effort hampered by rain, mud and a lack of proper roads in the heavily forested Margalla Hills. It has been handed to aviation officials, said Ramzan Sajid, a spokesman for the Capital Development Authority, a government agency. He said the box was found in wreckage of the plane's tail section.
Pakistan does not have the proper expertise to decode information stored on the recorder, so it plans to send it to another country, said the Civil Aviation Authority.
The authority's spokesman, Pervez George, said Friday the decoding process could take a month.
The plane - an Airbus A321 model - was ordered to take an alternative approach to the runway at Islamabad airport but apparently veered off course, the Civil Aviation Authority said earlier.
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