FDR also found... !!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Futia" <LFutia@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:31 PM Subject: Taiwan Crash: Black Box Recovered > After a three-week search, the cockpit voice recorder from the China Airlines > plane which crashed off the west coast of Taiwan has been > recovered.Investigators will be hoping the recorder, known as the 'black box' > will provide vital information about the final minutes of the Boeing 747 > which plunged into the Taiwan Strait on May 25, killing all 225 people on > board.A second 'black box' - the flight recorder - has not yet been > recovered.The voice recorder was brought up from the sea bed on Tuesday after > search teams, working nearly 200 feet below the surface, had battled with > strong currents and poor visibility.Investigators from Taiwan's Aviation > Safety Council said that signals from the recorder had been very weak and the > searchers had been fortunate to locate it.The aircraft, which was on a > routine flight from Taipei to Hong Kong, is thought to have broken up in > mid-air about 20 minutes after take-off from the Taiwan capital's airport. > > > > > > Leo/ORD