Jakarta: Divers searching for a crashed jet s cockpit voice recorder were sifting through mud and plane debris on the seabed between Indonesian islands on Wednesday to retrieve information key to learning why the Sriwijaya Air jet nosedived into the Java Sea over the weekend.
Indonesian navy divers on Tuesday recovered the flight data recorder from the jet that disappeared on Saturday,
The Boeing 737 s flight data recorder was found on Tuesday with authorities in Indonesia saying it will take two to five days to extract the information from it.
Indonesia Plane Crash Investigators Await Black Boxes to Understand What Happened to Boeing Aircraft
Pings detected as divers face sharp, heavy debris from shattered plane in Java Sea Indonesian authorities believe they have located the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 carrying 62 people that crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff. Image: Ed Wray/Getty Images By Jan. 11, 2021 8:37 am ET
As divers approached the underwater area where they expected to find the black boxes of Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea, it became clear their task wasn’t going to be easy.
News by Olivia Burke, The Sun 11th Jan 2021 8:28 AM Â A heartbreaking message has been revealed of a mum who was travelling with her children on Saturday s doomed Indonesian flight SJ182 which crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff. She sent the pictures from Jakarta s airport alongside the message: Bye bye family. We re heading home for now, with two emojis blowing kisses. Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 took off from the Indonesian capital on Saturday bound for Pontianak, on the Indonesian side of Borneo, when it lost contact at 2.40pm local time. Authorities in Indonesia say they have located the plane s black boxes that may help in determining the reason for the crash.