The second black box flight data recorder has been recovered in southern China from the crash of China Eastern flight MU5735 that killed 132 people. The black box was recovered five feet deep in the ground and about 130 feet away from the point where the plane crashed, Zhu Tao, director of the Office of Aviation Safety at the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), told a press conference on March 27. Parts of the recorder were badly damaged, but the exterior of the data storage unit of the device appears in good condition, Zhu said, adding it has been sent to Beijing for analysis. Investigators in Beijing are decoding another black box—the cockpit voice recorder—after it was found on March 23. Officials said the exterior of the cockpit voice recorder was damaged but have given no indication whether the recording was intact. Retrieving the data from the two recorders …
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