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Searchers hope to compare device with flight-data recorder four,
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A
Canadian navy submarine detected
a signal Monday believed to be from
the second black box aboard Swis
sair Flight 111, boosting investiga
tors’ hopes of solving the mystery of
the plane's horrific crash.
Divers equipped with hand-held
sonar searched 190 feet underwa
ter for the cockpit-voice recorder,
hoping to repeat Sunday’s success
when they retrieved the other black
box — the flight-data recorder.
Together, the two black boxes
could be key in explaining why the
wide-bodied MD-11 crashed off
Nova Scotia late Wednesday,
killing all 229 people on board.
The voice recorder, if intact,
would reveal other noises in the
cockpit besides the pilots’ con
versation with controllers, por
tions of which were released Sat
urday. That conversation was cut
"...the only procedure
that has a prayer of
avoiding an accident
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landing."
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— Alan Wolk
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off 10 minutes after the pilots re
ported smoke in the cockpit and
six minutes before the crash.
Divers also were trying to confirm
if three large pieces of wreckage
found near the flight data recorder
are sections of the plane’s fuselage.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Lawmakers
rejected Boris Yeltsin’s candidate
for prime minis- r —
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time, throwing j
Russia into deep
er political tur
moil as the econ
omy hurtles out
of control.
In other blows
to Yeltsin on
Monday, the ruble crashed again
and the Central Bank chairman of
fered to quit. Some Russians
flocked to stores to buy goods be
fore prices shoot up any higher.
"The economic crisis is gaining
momentum with catastrophic
speed," acting Prime Minister Vik
tor Chernomyrdin warned the State
Duma before it torpedoed his nom
ination 273-138.
“We are all standing on the edge
and no time is left for settling scores,"
he said. “We must begin acting."
The vote sets the stage for a final
confrontation between the presi
dent and his opponents. Yeltsin
must decide whs
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economic crisis since
the Soviet Union.
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