Confusion over whether Malaysia black boxes found

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

By YURAS KARMANAU and DMITRY LOVETSKY

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A pro-Russia rebel leader says no black boxes have been found in the scattered wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down over eastern Ukraine, conflicting with a statement made by an aide to a rebel military leader.

Separatist leader Aleksandr Borodai says "no black boxes have been found ... We hope that experts will track them down and create a picture of what has happened."

Earlier Friday, an aide to rebel military leader Igor Girkin, a Russian better known by his assumed name Strelkov, said authorities had recovered eight out of 12 recording devices.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was carrying 298 people when it was shot of the sky on Thursday near the Ukraine-Russia border.


Ukrainian coal miners prepare to search the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 18, 2014. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces Thursday, killing all 298 aboard. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)



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[longship]

1. According to reports, they won't mean much.

Both the flight recorder and the voice recorder will not likely have much evidence about what happened. Reported last night. Any evidence will be in the wreckage and in the intelligence, and they might not need much more than the latter.

Meanwhile, the NTSB and FBI are being given access to the crash site, according to the latest reports.

We'll see what happens, hopefully soon.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Technically, the flight recorders aren't black

I believe they are orange.

So technically, he may be right that they don't have any black boxes.

Just a technicality.