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Updated: February 8th, 2010 09:57 AM GMT-05:00
Lebanon: Black Box of Ethiopian Jet Retrieved
A senior Lebanese army officer said the black box was "carefully" pulled out and taken Sunday to a Lebanese naval base in Beirut. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly to the media.
The Lebanese army officer said the black box would later be handed over to a technical committee investigating the crash. It includes Lebanese, Ethiopian and French investigators.
Earlier in the day, the officer said search crews have located the cockpit of the jet but there were no bodies inside it. Work was continuing to bring the cockpit to the surface, he said.
The Lebanese army officer said two more bodies were recovered Sunday, raising the number of bodies retrieved since the crash to 17.
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