The flight data recorder of a Lao Airlines plane that plunged into the
Mekong River killing all 49 people on board was discovered at
9.40am local time on October 31, the Lao national news agency KPL has
said.
This is one of the two black boxes onboard
the ATR-72 aircraft. Authorities are continuing to look for the other
that contains voice recordings of the flight, according to KPL.
So far 47 bodies have been recovered, 43 of them have been identified.
Searches and efforts to surmount the consequences of the accident are
being promptly conducted.-VNA