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Dialuna 28 Maart 2022

Second ‘black box’ found in China Eastern plane crash

(AP) — The second “black city of Wuzhou for days with
box” from a China Eastern shovels and other hand tools.
Boeing 737-800 was found Construction excavators have
Sunday, raising hopes that been brought in to remove
it might shed light on why earth and clear wider passage-
the passenger plane nose- ways to the site, and pumps
dived into a remote moun- are being used to drain col-
tainous area in southern lected water from the rain.
China last week, killing all Officials said monitors have
132 people on board. been installed to detect pos-
sible landslides from the rain
Firefighters taking part in the and search activity that could
search found the flight data endanger the workers.
recorder on a mountain slope
about 40 meters (130 feet) Officials announced late
from the point of impact Saturday that there were no
and 1.5 meters (5 feet) un- survivors. DNA analysis has
derground, state media said. confirmed the identities of
Experts confirmed it was the 120 of the people on board,
second black box. The im- they said. Searchers have
pact of the crash created a found ID and bank cards be-
20-meter- (65-foot-) deep pit longing to the victims.
in the side of the mountain
and scattered debris widely. The Boeing Co. said in a
statement that a Boeing tech-
Searchers had been look- the black boxes and wreckage. gency workers took off their plane’s altitude drop sharply nical team is supporting the
ing for the data recorder af- Images posted by CGTN, the helmets and police and sol- but got no reply, officials U.S. National Transportation
ter finding the cockpit voice international arm of CCTV, diers their caps. Standing in have said. Safety Board and the Civil
recorder four days ago. The showed an official holding an groups in formation, they Aviation Administration of
two black boxes should help orange cylindrical object on bowed their heads as sirens The cockpit voice record- China, which will lead the
investigators determine what site with the words “FLIGHT blared. er, also an orange cylinder, investigation into the crash.
caused the plane to plum- RECORDER” and “DO was found two days later on
met from 29,000 feet (8,800 NOT OPEN” written on it. Flight MU5735 crashed Wednesday. It has been sent China Eastern, one of Chi-
meters) about one hour into It appeared slightly dented Monday en route from the to a Beijing lab for exami- na’s four major airlines, and
the flight and shortly before but intact. city of Kunming in south- nation and analysis, and the its subsidiaries have ground-
it would have begun its de- eastern China to Guangzhou, flight data recorder was also ed all of their Boeing 737-
scent. The search was paused Sun- a major city and export man- being sent to the Chinese 800s, a total of 223 aircraft.
day afternoon for a three- ufacturing hub near Hong capital for decoding. The carrier said the ground-
The remote setting and rainy minute moment of silence Kong. An air traffic control- ing was a precaution, not a
and muddy conditions have for the 123 passengers and ler tried to contact the pilots Search teams have been sign of any problem with the
complicated the search for nine crew members. Emer- several times after seeing the combing the site outside the planes.

Zelenskyy: West needs more courage in helping Ukraine fight

(AP) — Ukrainian Presi- ately sought to downplay and horrors. “If only those That would cut the bulk of “The occupiers will try to pull
dent Volodymyr Zelen- — Zelenskyy lashed out at who have been thinking for Ukraine’s military off from the occupied territories into
skyy accused the West of the West’s “ping-pong about 31 days on how to hand over the rest of the country. a single quasi-state structure
cowardice as his country who and how should hand dozens of jets and tanks had and pit it against independent
fights to stave off Russia’s over jets” and other weapons 1% of their courage.” Moscow claims its focus is Ukraine,” Budanov said in
invading troops, making while Russian missile attacks on wresting the entire east- a statement released by the
an exasperated plea Sun- kill and trap civilians. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ern Donbas region, which Defense Ministry. He pre-
day for fighter jets and has stalled in many areas. Its has been partially controlled dicted that guerrilla warfare
tanks to sustain a defense “I’ve talked to the defend- aim to quickly encircle the by Russia-backed separatists by Ukrainians would derail
as the war ground into a ers of Mariupol today. I’m in capital, Kyiv, and force its since 2014. A high-ranking such plans.
battle of attrition. constant contact with them. surrender has faltered against Russian military official said
Their determination, hero- staunch Ukrainian resis- Friday that troops were being A Ukrainian delegate in
Speaking after U.S. President ism and firmness are aston- tance — bolstered by weap- redirected to the east from talks with Russia on ending
Joe Biden said in a lacerating ishing,” Zelenskyy said in a ons from the U.S. and other other parts of the country. the war, Davyd Arakhamia,
speech that Russian Presi- video address, referring to Western allies. said in a Facebook post the
dent Vladimir Putin could the besieged southern city Russia has supported the countries would meet in
not stay in power — words that has suffered some of the Zelenskyy signed a law Sun- separatist rebels in Luhansk Turkey beginning Monday.
the White House immedi- war’s greatest deprivations day that bans reporting on and neighboring Donetsk However, the Russians then
troop and equipment move- since the insurgency erupted announced the talks would
ments that haven’t been an- there shortly after Moscow start Tuesday. The sides have
nounced or approved by the annexed the Crimean Pen- met previously with no deal
military. Journalists who vio- insula from Ukraine. In talks reached.
late the law could face three with Ukraine, Moscow has
to eight years in prison. The demanded Kyiv acknowledge Zelenskyy, repeating state-
law does not differentiate be- the independence of Donetsk ments he said earlier, told in-
tween Ukrainian and foreign and Luhansk. dependent Russian journal-
reporters. ists Sunday that his govern-
Kyrylo Budanov, the head ment would consider declar-
Britain’s Defense Ministry of Ukrainian military intel- ing neutrality and offering
said Russia’s troops are trying ligence, accused Russia of security guarantees to Russia.
to encircle Ukrainian forces seeking to split Ukraine in That would include keep-
facing the two separatist-held two, like North and South ing Ukraine nuclear-free, he
areas in the country’s east. Korea. said.