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BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese rescue vessel left a military port in Sanya in south China's Hainan Province Monday night for the search operation for the black boxes from the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501.
In response to a request from Indonesia, the vessel, Yongxingdao, of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, is expected to arrive on Jan. 9 at the waters where the jet went missing, according to the naval authorities.
Equipped with underwater search and detect devices and 48 divers, the vessel, which took part in the search operation of the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, will also help in the search for the debris of the missing flight and bodies of the victims.
The missing plane is believed to have crashed into the Java Sea on Dec. 28 while en route from Surabaya of Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board.
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中国海军永兴岛船赴爪哇海搜寻亚航失事客机黑匣子
新华网北京１月６日电（莫小亮 吴登峰）应印尼方请求，中国海军远洋打捞救生船永兴岛船５日晚从三亚某军港起航，赴爪哇海亚航客机失事海域执行搜寻打捞黑匣子以及失事飞机残骸和遇难人员遗体任务。
据了解，永兴岛船携带４８名潜水员、水下搜寻探测装备以及相关潜水设备，预计９日抵达任务海域投入搜寻打捞任务。
永兴岛船长１５６米、宽２０米，排水量１万余吨，曾参与中国第一颗同步卫星、第一枚运载火箭发射和多次神舟系列载人飞船着陆系统中的海上应急搜救打捞等重大任务，参加了马航失联客机ＭＨ３７０航班搜寻。
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(Note: The above is the same story reported in English and Chinese respectively, and is not literal translation.)
