Investigators locate cockpit recorder of Dagestan Tu-154

Russian investigators retrieved the cockpit voice-recorder of the Dagestan Airline Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft that crashed in Moscow, nearly a week after the accident Flightglobal reports.

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) recovered two of the three recorders almost immediately after the 4 December crash at Domodedovo Airport. But it was unable to locate the MARS-BM audio recorder at the time.
Today, however, the IAC declared that the device has been located at the site of the crash and has now been transferred to an analysis laboratory.

Investigators are trying to determine the reason why two of the aircraft's three engines failed as it lifted off from Moscow Vnukovo airport during its flight to Dagestan. With the third engine also performing poorly, and threatening to fail, crew members attempted to land at Domodedovo airport. The aircraft landed long on the runway, striking the ground hard, overran and broke up.

Two of the occupants on board the Tu-154 were killed in the crash.