Black box data from the Qantas plane that fell toward the Indian
Ocean on Tuesday reveals the aircraft nosedived twice before
returning to cruising level.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the flight data
recorder and cockpit voice recorder from QF72 arrived in Canberra
late on Wednesday night.
A preliminary review of the data showed that the plane climbed
200 feet from its crusing level of 37,000 feet, then pitched
nose-down, plummetting 650 feet in 20 seconds.
The Airbus A330 then returned to cruising level.
But, investigators say it didn't stay there for long, nosediving
again soon after - this time 400 feet in 16 seconds.
The saftey bureau now plans to distribute a survey to all
passengers, and conduct interviews with injured passengers, to
understand what occurred in the flight cabin.
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