BEIJING, March 25 (BNA) Five days after a passenger plane crashed in a mountainous region in southern China, the cause of the disaster remains a mystery while the search for the plane’s second “black box” continued on Friday.
Hundreds of people, many in white protective suits, combed the area of impact and a much larger debris field along the steep slopes, according to the Associated Press.
They were looking for a box containing the flight data recorder, along with bits of wreckage and belongings and parts of the 132 bodies on board the plane who died in the accident.
Constant rain thwarted the task, and the remote location required the use of dogs and hand tools, including metal detectors often seen at airports.
Wallets, ID cards, banks and human remains were found, along with several large pieces of wings and fuselage.
A Boeing 737-800 in eastern China left a 20-meter (65-foot) hole when it fell from the sky on Monday, as workers were pumping out rainwater to facilitate the search.
The US National Transportation Safety Board said talks are underway with China about dispatching an expert to participate in the investigation, as is usual when the aircraft in question are from US manufacturers.
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