A government official said at a news conference that the equipment was badly damaged, but it was determined that weather conditions at the time of the accident were normal and there was no danger.
According to the source, the nine crew members were in good health, the ship met safety requirements before launch and maintained communications with the control towers from launch until its sudden fall. In addition, a spokesman for China Eastern Airlines assured that the decision to ground all 737800s does not mean that the model poses any risks and is just a responsible action while the incident is being investigated.
The black box was found after search and rescue operations resumed, which were interrupted by torrential downpours this morning that increased the likelihood of landslides and made mobility in the area difficult.
Twenty civil aviation experts participated in the work and will try to determine the causes of the incident.
Despite the speed of the maneuvers and the support of trained dogs, drones and other machines, they have so far only found small parts of the plane and some of its occupants’ belongings, scattered throughout the site.
Last night, civil aviation authorities reported that no survivors had been found after 30 hours of maneuvers, and experts in the sector agree finding anyone alive is unlikely.
His opinion is supported by a video with the moment the ship crashed, moving in a vertical position and at 0.7 times the speed of sound.
MU 5735, owned by China Eastern Airlines, crashed Monday precisely in a mountainous area of south Guangxi’s Zhang Autonomous Region on its way from Kunming to Guangzhou.
It took off at 1:15 p.m. local time, then at 2:19 p.m. it began to descend steeply from an altitude of 8,869 meters at a speed of 845 kilometers per hour, losing contact with radars two minutes later.
The machine was a Boeing 737800, had been in service for six and a half years, and had a capacity for 162 passengers.
As the rescue work began, a local guide said the ship had completely disintegrated, he had not seen the remains of any of the victims and believed there was little chance of survival due to the forest fire that broke out in the area as a result of the accident.
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