BEIJING: The second “black box” has been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed 132 people last week, Chinese state media said Sunday.
Searchers had been looking for the flight data recorder after finding the cockpit voice recorder four days ago.
The two recorders should help investigators determine what caused the plane to plummet from the sky and into a forested mountainside in southern China.
Flight MU5735 crashed Monday as it was heading from the city of Kunming in southeastern China to Guangzhou, a major city and export manufacturing hub near Hong Kong.
State broadcaster CCTV and the official Xinhua news agency reported the discovery of the flight data recorder, citing officials.
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Second ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash
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Second ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash
- Flight MU5735 crashed Monday as it was heading from the city of Kunming in southeastern China to Guangzhou
Ecuador deploys 10,000 soldiers to fight drug violence
- President Daniel Noboa’s government has vowed an iron-fist approach as the South American nation hits record levels of murders and other violent crimes
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: Ecuador on Friday deployed 10,000 soldiers in three coastal provinces to fight drug-trafficking gangs blamed for a surge in violence in the once-peaceful country.
President Daniel Noboa’s government has vowed an iron-fist approach as the South American nation hits record levels of murders and other violent crimes.
Hundreds of special forces soldiers were deployed Friday to “reinforce security operations” in the provinces of Guayas, Manabi and Los Rios, Air Force General Mario Bedoya told reporters.
Planes with military personnel were also sent to Manta, the country’s main fishing port.
Ecuador is located between the world’s two top exporters of cocaine – Colombia and Peru – and has seen a surge in violence by gangs linked to Mexican and Colombian cartels.
Killings and clashes in neighborhoods and public spaces have become commonplace, and the country closed 2025 with a rate of 52 homicides per 100,000 residents – one every hour, according to the Geneva-based Organized Crime Observatory.
“Prison or hell for anyone who jeopardizes security,” the defense ministry said in a statement Friday.
Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo has instructed the military high command to operate indefinitely out of the port city of Guayaquil, where troops are inspecting seaports strategic for drug trafficking.
President Daniel Noboa’s government has vowed an iron-fist approach as the South American nation hits record levels of murders and other violent crimes.
Hundreds of special forces soldiers were deployed Friday to “reinforce security operations” in the provinces of Guayas, Manabi and Los Rios, Air Force General Mario Bedoya told reporters.
Planes with military personnel were also sent to Manta, the country’s main fishing port.
Ecuador is located between the world’s two top exporters of cocaine – Colombia and Peru – and has seen a surge in violence by gangs linked to Mexican and Colombian cartels.
Killings and clashes in neighborhoods and public spaces have become commonplace, and the country closed 2025 with a rate of 52 homicides per 100,000 residents – one every hour, according to the Geneva-based Organized Crime Observatory.
“Prison or hell for anyone who jeopardizes security,” the defense ministry said in a statement Friday.
Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo has instructed the military high command to operate indefinitely out of the port city of Guayaquil, where troops are inspecting seaports strategic for drug trafficking.
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