France plane crash: damaged black box 'can provide information'
- 9 years ago
The search and recovery operation has resumed in southern France, the normally tranquil Alpine sky resonating to the sound of helicopters as teams of investigators are carried to and fro following Tuesday’s plane crash.
The French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said the black box recovered from the site is the cockpit recorder – which although damaged, could still provide information.
The Flight Data recorder has yet to be found.
“In all we still have more than 600 men (involved in the operation) – gendarmes, firefighters, obviously medical teams on site, investigators, and people tasked with securing the sites,” said Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet from the scene where the risky operation is being co-ordinated.
“That means protecting the area both to prevent it becoming polluted and damaged, and also so that investigators can work in complete safety since the terrain is very steep.”
Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 was en route from Barcelona to Dusseldo
The French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said the black box recovered from the site is the cockpit recorder – which although damaged, could still provide information.
The Flight Data recorder has yet to be found.
“In all we still have more than 600 men (involved in the operation) – gendarmes, firefighters, obviously medical teams on site, investigators, and people tasked with securing the sites,” said Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet from the scene where the risky operation is being co-ordinated.
“That means protecting the area both to prevent it becoming polluted and damaged, and also so that investigators can work in complete safety since the terrain is very steep.”
Germanwings Flight 4U 9525 was en route from Barcelona to Dusseldo