GERMANY: BLACK BOXES FROM DOOMED FLIGHTS THAT COLLIDED OVER SOUTHERN GERMANY ARRIVE FOR INVESTIGATION

Record ID: 588537

  • Title: GERMANY: BLACK BOXES FROM DOOMED FLIGHTS THAT COLLIDED OVER SOUTHERN GERMANY ARRIVE FOR INVESTIGATION
  • Date: 4th July 2002
  • Summary: (U7) BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY (JULY 3, 2002) (BL&P - NO ACCESS GERMANY) 1. SLV CAR PULLING UP; MV INVESTIGATORS TAKING OUT BLACK BOXES FROM ONE CRASHED PLANE; MV INVESTIGATORS SHOWING BOXES TO MEDIA (3 SHOTS) 1.07 2. MV INVESTIGATORS WALKING INTO BUILDING (INSTITUTE FOR INVESTING AIR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS); MV INVESTIGATORS SHOWING BOXES TO MEDIA (3 SHOTS) 1.43 3. MV INVESTIGATORS TAKING BLACK BOXES OF SECOND CRASHED PLANE OUT OF CAR (3 SHOTS) 2.42 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th July 2002 13:00
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  • Location: BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVAAIB5UW2U7SDS00SYNVMS05YX3
  • Story Text: The black boxes from the doomed flights that crashed
    over southern Germany have arrived in Braunschweig for
    investigation.

    The recorders, or black boxes, a total of four with one
    voice and one flight recorder per plane, have arrived at
    Germany's accident investigation authority on Wednesday (July
    3, 2002) afternoon.

    Two boxes from each flight have been carried by
    investigator into the building of the crash investigators.

    They will be opened on Thursday (July 4).

    A Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev 154 and a DHL Boeing 757
    collided on Monday (July 1) over Germany, killing 71 people.

    Swiss air traffic controllers said on Wednesday (July 3)
    their automatic collision warning system had been switched off
    for maintenance when the two jets slammed into each other.


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