Sub Reports Signal from Yemenia Black Boxes

No word on when data recorders will be recovered from ocean
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 5, 2009 10:10 AM CDT
Sub Reports Signal from Yemenia Black Boxes
The US Navy plane flies above a boat on the sea some 10 kilometers from Galawa Beach and 35 km from Moroni, Comoros as the search continued on Friday July 3, 2009 for Yemenia Flight 626.   (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

A submarine has located the black boxes from Yemenia Flight 626 in the Indian Ocean, a French investigative agency said today. Divers and search crews are still working to find debris from the plane, and have recovered parts of the fuselage, reports the AP. Officials did not say when the black boxes would be recovered and their information downloaded.
(More Yemenia Air stories.)

Get the news faster.
Tap to install our app.
X
Install the Newser News app
in two easy steps:
1. Tap in your navigation bar.
2. Tap to Add to Home Screen.

X