Five days after the crash of a passenger jet in mountainous southern China, the disaster’s cause remains a mystery while the search for the plane’s second “black box” continued Friday.
Hundreds of people, many in white hazmat suits, combed the impact zone and a much larger debris field along steep slopes. They were searching for a box containing the flight data recorder, along with bits of the wreckage and the belongings and body parts of the 132 on board who perished in the crash.
The China Eastern Boeing 737-800 left a 65-foot hole when it fell from the sky Monday and workers have been pumping out rainwater to facilitate the search. China Eastern earlier said the grounding of planes was a precaution, not a sign there was anything wrong. The airline has said the plane that crashed was in good condition and its flight crew was experienced and in good health.
Flight MU5735 was cruising at 29,000 feet when it crashed, starting a fire that could be seen in NASA satellite images.
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