Second black box of crashed Chinese plane not found yet, says official media

The second black box of the crashed Chinese passenger plane has yet to be found, official media reported on Friday, retracting an earlier announcement that it has been recovered from the crash site.

The state-run China Daily had reported earlier quoting the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) that the second black box has been recovered. However, the daily quoted a report by the state-run news agency Xinhua that the second black box had not been found.

The black box could offer vital clues about the crash in which 132 people are feared to have died.

The first black box, stated to be the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) which was recovered earlier, is being decoded at a laboratory in Beijing and the data downloading and analysis work is underway, officials said.