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| Lebanon 'retrieves' jet black box | Lebanon 'retrieves' jet black box |
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| Lebanese search teams have retrieved the flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed in the Mediterranean, army sources say. | |
| The Boeing 737 crashed on 25 January, moments after take-off from Beirut airport during a fierce thunderstorm, killing all 90 people on board. | The Boeing 737 crashed on 25 January, moments after take-off from Beirut airport during a fierce thunderstorm, killing all 90 people on board. |
| A senior army official told the media the flight recorders were removed and taken to a naval base in Beirut. | A senior army official told the media the flight recorders were removed and taken to a naval base in Beirut. |
| The unnamed official was not authorised to speak publicly to the media. | The unnamed official was not authorised to speak publicly to the media. |
| Lebanon's Transport Minister, Ghazi Aridi, announced on Saturday that searchers had located the two boxes, and that army divers had gone down to retrieve them. | |
| Searchers also retrieved the plane's rear wings and the cockpit in the last 24 hours, the Reuters news agency reports. | |
| The cause of the crash is not yet known, however Lebanese officials have said the jet did not fly in the direction instructed by the Beirut control tower. | |
| The flight data recorders - the so-called black boxes - could contain data explaining the circumstances of the crash. | |
| Seven crew and 83 passengers were on board the Boeing 737-800. Most were Lebanese or Ethiopian. | |
| At least 15 bodies have been recovered since the crash, but stormy weather has hampered searchers several times in the last two weeks. |