Black box from crashed China Eastern plane found in ‘severely damaged’ condition

Relatives of passengers onboard the China Eastern Flight 5735 arrive near the crash site on Wednesday March 23 2022 in Lu village (Ng Han Guan/AP)

One of the two black boxes from the China Eastern plane which crashed on Monday has been found in a severely damaged condition, China says.

It is so badly damaged it was not immediately possible to say whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder.