Marines May Have Flight Recorder From V-22 Crash By Tomorrow

By Thomas Duffy / April 11, 2000 at 5:00 AM
The Marine Corps' top aviation official said today investigators may recover by tomorrow the flight data recorder carried aboard an MV-22 aircraft that crashed late Saturday night in the Arizona desert, killing all 19 Marines on board. Lt. Gen. Fred McCorkle, deputy chief of staff for aviation, told reporters recovery of the bodies began at 8 o'clock this morning and should be completed today. If all are recovered today, investigators should get to the recorder tomorrow morning, McCorkle said. Called...

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