Search teams retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of
A safety official earlier said that Lebanese navy commandos had recovered the black boxes, which were transported to
Minister Ghazi Aridi afterward said the search teams found just one data recorder and they were looking for the second.
The priority currently is searching for the rest of the bodies of victims, Aridi said.
The Boeing 737-800 airplane, carrying mostly Lebanese and Ethiopian passengers, crashed minutes after taking off from
The flight recorders should provide a clearer picture on why the pilot failed to react to the control tower's request to change direction even though he acknowledged their instructions.
The airplane had apparently made a sharp turn before dying off the radar. Lebanese officials have said it was too premature to draw any conclusion of pilot error.
Lebanese and international teams, including a
They have managed to get back the plane's rear wings and the cockpit in the last 24 hours.
Stormy climate has hampered their search several times in the final two weeks. At least 15 bodies have been recovered since the collide, mostly of Lebanese passengers.
The eight-year-old plane last had a preservation check on December 25, which found no scientific problems.
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