China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735: Chinese media report find of second black box – then retract the claim


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Chinese media on Friday retracted their earlier reports that the second black box had been found from the crashed China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, swiftly deleting the claim and clarifying that it had not yet been located.

The possible find was first reported on Friday by CAAC News, a newspaper run by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, on its WeChat and Weibo accounts. It deleted the posts soon after.

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