Will the Yemeni Airbus A310-300 black box be recovered?

Settled as Yes

"Search teams have successfully retrieved one of the “black box” flight recorders from a Yemeni airliner that crashed in late June near the island nation of Comoros in the Indian Ocean, the chief Comoran air accident investigator said Friday. The official, Mohamad Ali Abdou, said by telephone from Moroni, the Comoran capital, that Comoran, Yemeni and French investigators recovered the slightly damaged flight-data recorder of the plane, an Airbus A310, early Friday in waters near Moroni. The cockpit voice recorder is still in the sea, Mr. Ali Abdou said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/world/middleeast/29briefs-yemenairliner.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8226685.stm

Background:

Background: Please note that for purposes of settlement, the term "black box" here refers to either the Flight Data Recorder or Voice Cockpit Recorder, or both.
The plane had 153 people aboard when it went down off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros.
Agency for Aviation Security and Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (Ascena) official Ibrahim Kassim said: "The planes have seen debris at the supposed point of impact."
An official from the Yemeni state carrier said the plane had 142 passengers, including three infants, and 11 crew on board. It was flying from Sanaa to Moroni, the capital of the main island of the Comoros archipelago.
"We still do not have information about the reason behind the crash or survivors," said Mohammad al-Sumairi, deputy general manager for Yemenia operations.
"The weather conditions were rough with strong wind and high seas. The wind speed recorded on land at the airport was 38 miles an hour. There could be other factors."
It was the second Airbus to plunge into the sea this month. An Air France Airbus A330-200 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean killing 228 people on board on June 1

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Forecast history %

Yes

35%

65%

Settled as Yes on Sat 29th Aug 7:01am PST

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Suspend date: Mon 31st Aug 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sat 29th Aug 7:01am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 28th Aug 4:10am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 40%

Action history:

Created Tue 30th Jun 12:22am PST by

paddy112

Changed Suspend date Wed 1st Jul 5:15pm PST by

ryanj

: was: "2011-08-31 23:59:00"

Settlement requested Fri 28th Aug 10:06am PST by

buckeyetom Level 17, Superdubber (H$1,693,834)

: Someone fell asleep at the wheel here. A box was recovered on July 1, 2009.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/black_box_from_crashed_yemen_jet_found.php

Settlement requested Fri 28th Aug 10:11am PST by

buckeyetom Level 17, Superdubber (H$1,693,834)

: I retract what I just said. They were found, but not recovered. Sorry about that.

Settlement requested Fri 28th Aug 2:16pm PST by

frogchop Level 17, Superdubber (H$1,742,314)

: Tom might have jumped the gun in his initial request, but news did break today that the black boxes have been recovered today. Tom must be psychic:
http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/1891283.htm (market suspended)

Settlement requested Fri 28th Aug 2:16pm PST by

frogchop Level 17, Superdubber (H$1,742,314)

: Tom might have jumped the gun in his initial request, but news did break today that the black boxes have been recovered today. Tom must be psychic:
http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/1891283.htm

Suspended Fri 28th Aug 2:16pm PST by

frogchop Level 17, Superdubber (H$1,742,314)

: Suspended pending settlement

Settled as 'Yes' Sat 29th Aug 7:01am PST by

sqlman [Admin]

: "Search teams have successfully retrieved one of the “black box” flight recorders from a Yemeni airliner that crashed in late June near the island nation of Comoros in the Indian Ocean, the chief Comoran air accident investigator said Friday. The official, Mohamad Ali Abdou, said by telephone from Moroni, the Comoran capital, that Comoran, Yemeni and French investigators recovered the slightly damaged flight-data recorder of the plane, an Airbus A310, early Friday in waters near Moroni. The cockpit voice recorder is still in the sea, Mr. Ali Abdou said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/world/middleeast/29briefs-yemenairliner.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8226685.stm

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