Shanghai Daily News
Black box found from chopper in ship crash
High-tech scanning equipment has found the black box of the helicopter that crashed on a cargo ship and sank into the deep waterway of the Yangtze River on Thursday.
Authorities said the equipment was brought in from Tianjin, near Beijing.
The helicopter carrying two Chinese and two foreigners hit a Singaporean cargo ship at the mouth of the Yangtze River before falling into the river.
The East China Sea Rescue Bureau rescued the Canadian pilot soon after the mishap and recovered the body of one of the flight crew.
The other two were still missing late last night.
The search for the black box and the missing crew had gone on for more than two days before authorities received signals from the black box early yesterday.
Authorities said it appeared the tail of the helicopter may have broken off after the crash, but the cause of the accident was still under investigation.
Recovery of the black box could help investigators.
The helicopter belonged to Guangdong General Aviation Corporation and was on pilot duty above the deep waterways at the time of the accident.
China View report
Crashed helicopter salvaged in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Feb. 14 (Xinhuanet)
-- One body was found Monday morning in the salvaged wreck of a MD902 helicopter that crashed into the Yangtze River mouth after colliding with a Singaporean cargo ship last week, and one person was still missing, rescue organizers said.
The dead was a foreign winch driver.
The MD902 was carrying two Chinese and two foreigners when it collided with the ship at around 11:00 a.m. on Feb. 10 on a mission to transport the ship's pilot. One aboard the helicopter was killed on the spot. The only person that has survived so far is the captain of the helicopter, a Canadian.
The helicopter was hired by the pilot station of Shanghai port.
Rescuers from the Shanghai-based East China Sea Rescue Bureau, the Shanghai Salvage Bureau and the Shanghai Maritime Bureau have worked together for five days to retrieve the crashed helicopter.
They positioned the black box of the helicopter Friday afternoon and spotted the debris Sunday morning.