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Search teams find second black box of crashed Chinese passenger plane

The second black box, believed to be the flight data recorder of the crashed Chinese passenger plane was found by the search team, official media here reported on Friday. The second black box has been located, state-run China Daily reported. The first black box stated to be the cockpit voice recorder, (CVR) which was recovered earlier is being decoded at a laboratory in Beijing and the data downloading and analysis work is underway, officials said. The second black box located in the back of the plane was stated to be the flight data recorder (FDR). The flight data recorder stores information about speed, altitude and direction, as well as pilot actions and performance of important systems. The data of the Cockpit Voice Recorder was awaited keenly as China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 sharply dropped from an altitude of 29,100 feet to 9,075 feet in just two minutes and 15 seconds, crashing into a mountainous area. Zhu Tao, head of the aviation safety office of the Civil Aviatio

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Russia-Ukraine war, Covid in China to push up prices of white goods

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Diplomatic talks with China show foreign, def policies joined at hip: EAM

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India has taken up issue of return of Indian students with China: Govt

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China's foreign minister Wang Yi makes surprise stop in Afghanistan

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Searchers find wing, engine parts from China eastern plane crash

Hundreds of searchers wearing rubber boots and full rain gear headed into muddy, forested hills in southern China on Thursday to try to find the second black box from a China Eastern passenger jet

Recovered black box of crashed Chinese plane can be cockpit voice recorder

The black box recovered from the China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that crashed into a mountain in Guangxi region earlier this week, is believed to be the cockpit voice recorder

China's yuan touches nine-day low as more pressure seen on yield gap

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China records 2,010 locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 in last 24 hours

The Chinese mainland reported 2,010 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the National Health Commission said on Thursday.

China, India and Russia have advantages on hypersonic, says US Senator

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Cash-strapped Pakistan says China agreed to roll over $4.2 bn debt

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'Beijing has no locus standi': India rejects China's references on Kashmir

The government on Wednesday rejected the "uncalled reference" to Jammu and Kashmir by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his speech at the opening ceremony of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and said matters related to the union territory "are entirely the internal affairs of India".Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said other countries including China have no locus standi to comment."We reject the uncalled reference to India by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his speech at the Opening Ceremony. Matters related to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir are entirely the internal affairs of India. Other countries including China have no locus standi to comment. They should note that India refrains from public judgement of their internal issues," Bagchi said.His response came in response to media queries on reference to Jammu and Kashmir made by Chinese Foreign Minister in his speech at OIC meet in Pakistan.Addressing the OIC ...

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One of two black boxes from crashed China plane found

Chinese emergency workers found on Wednesday one of two black boxes from a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week in forest-clad mountains with 132 people onboard, the aviation regulator

China investing over $400 bn in 54 Muslim countries: Foreign Min Wang Yi

China is investing over $400 billion in nearly 600 projects across the Muslim world under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, Express Tribune reported.

Chinese jet nearly hit speed of sound in final moments before crash

Such an impact may complicate the task for investigators because it can obliterate evidence and damage a plane's data and voice recorders that are designed to withstand most crashes