Updated at 6:50 a.m. ET Indonesian navy divers recovered a flight data recorder from the ocean floor at the site of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into
Sudden Descents Are Rare But Deadly: Clues to Jakarta Jet Crash
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January 11, 2021
Search and rescue team members examine debris recovered from the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 crash site on the dockside at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Indonesian President Joko Widodo confirmed the plane had crashed about 20 hours after it went missing following its departure from capital Jakarta, calling on all parties to expend all efforts to search for and rescue the victims.
(Bloomberg) The crash of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 still a vexing mystery falls into a broad category of airliners that suddenly plunge out of the sky.
Indonesia retrieves black box from crashed plane
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It s not clear if the plane’s flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder was recovered.
Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
The recording device was being transported to Jakarta’s port, spokesman Fajar Tri Rohadi told Reuters.
Local television footage had earlier showed a white plastic box holding the device aboard a speed boat.
It was not immediately clear if it was the plane’s flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder that had been recovered.
JAKARTA, Jan 12 Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy spokesman said today. The recording device was being transported to Jakarta’s port, spokesman Fajar Tri Rohadi told Reuters. Local.