Tail of crashed Ethiopian jet located

An army statement said crews that located parts of the wreckage on Saturday were working on photographing them before retrieval.

Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said signals from the black box were getting clearer. The black box is usually located in the rear of a plane,the area most likely to survive a crash.

“We are much closer to the main target,” Aridi said.

Aridi said the rear of the plane was located 150 feet deep off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport. He said Lebanese army divers and search teams were photographing the area in an effort to find the black box and bodies.

He cautioned,however,that retrieving the black box and flight data recorder,which are critical to determining the cause of the crash,was a “very complicated” and delicate operation that needs time.

Fifteen bodies have been recovered from the sea since the crash.