Race is on to reach sunken US jet... before China 27 Jan 2022 BBC News
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other...ina/ar-AATcSjj
"...National security experts say Chinese military would be "very keen" to get to the jet but a US salvage vessel looks to be at least 10 days away from the crash site. That's too late, says defence consultant Abi Austen, because the black box battery will die before then, making it harder to locate the aircraft...."