2021-01-12 12:35:49 GMT2021-01-12 20:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JAKARTA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) Divers on Tuesday retrieved a flight data recorder (FDR), also known as the black box, of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plane that plunged into the water off the coast of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday, Indonesian Military Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto said here.
The divers also found the underwater locator beacon (ULB) of the FDR and the ULB of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) in the area which has been previously spotted, the commander said.
Tjahjanto believed that the position of the CVR would be in a spot around the area.
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Members of the National Transportation Safety Committee carry a box containing the flight data recorder of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 retrieved from the Java Sea where the passenger jet crashed at the Tanjung Priok Port, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor on Tuesday recovered the flight data recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board, Saturday (Jan 9, 2021). - AP JAKARTA, Jan 12 (Xinhua): Divers on Tuesday retrieved a flight data recorder (FDR), also known as the black box, of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plane that plunged into the water off the coast of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday, Indonesian Military Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto said.