Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor have recovered a “black box” from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board.
The recovery of the device is expected to help investigators determine what caused the Boeing 737-500 plane to nosedive into the ocean shortly after take-off from Jakarta on Saturday.
TV stations on Tuesday showed divers on an inflatable vessel with a large white container containing the black box.
It was unclear whether the device was the plane’s flight data or cockpit voice recorder.
Recovered black box from Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 identified as the flight data recorder. Analysis is expected to take between 2 and 5 days. https://t.co/u8d8WCngzZ pic.twitter.com/RwzdssfCxo
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It is to be handed over to the National Transportation Safety Committee, which is overseeing the crash investigation.
A navy ship earlier picked up intense pings being emitted from the boxes, which officials said were buried in the seabed under tons of sharp objects in the wreckage.
