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Ground-penetrating radar added to ValuJet search

DADE COUNTY, Florida (CNN) -- Trying to search under the mud where a ValuJet plane nose-dived eight days ago, investigators Sunday began using a ground-penetrating radar system.

They hope the device, which uses a technology similar to a metal detector, will lead to the DC-9's cockpit voice recorder, still buried beneath the Florida Everglades, CNN's Paul Caron reported from near the crash scene. (128K AIFF or WAV sound)

The radar system has an antenna that emits an electromagnetically pulsed energy signal that can give searchers a profile of metal detected

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