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Indonesian search team recovers black box at Sriwijaya plane crash site
Source: CNN
An Indonesian search team has recovered one of the two black boxes that belonged to the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea with 62 people on board, a crucial instrument for investigators probing the cause of the crash.
The flight data recorder was found as a team -- including divers and a remotely operated underwater vehicle -- swept the sea floor in search of the black boxes that were on flight SJ 182 when it crashed shortly after takeoff three days ago.
Flight data recorders process a flight's information, including pressure, airspeed and altitude. The second black box, the cockpit voice recorder, has not yet been found.
Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said that the black boxes' underwater acoustic beacons, which send out a series of pings to help searchers find them, had both been detached. He was optimistic, however, that the team would find the second black box soon.
The flight data recorder was found as a team -- including divers and a remotely operated underwater vehicle -- swept the sea floor in search of the black boxes that were on flight SJ 182 when it crashed shortly after takeoff three days ago.
Flight data recorders process a flight's information, including pressure, airspeed and altitude. The second black box, the cockpit voice recorder, has not yet been found.
Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said that the black boxes' underwater acoustic beacons, which send out a series of pings to help searchers find them, had both been detached. He was optimistic, however, that the team would find the second black box soon.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/asia/indonesia-sriwijaya-plane-crash-intl/index.html