Second ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash
Associated PressBEIJING — The second “black box” from a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 was found Sunday, raising hopes that it might shed light on why the passenger plane nosedived into a remote mountainous area in southern China last week, killing all 132 people on board. Firefighters taking part in the search found the flight data recorder on a mountain slope about 40 meters from the point of impact and 1.5 meters underground, state media said. The two black boxes should help investigators determine what caused the plane to plummet from 29,000 feet about one hour into the flight and shortly before it would have begun its descent. The Boeing Co. said in a statement that a Boeing technical team is supporting the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Civil Aviation Administration of China, which will lead the investigation into the crash.