National Transportation Safety Commission officers inspect the debris of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182.
Jakarta, Indonesia:
Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and suspected pieces of the plane were retrieved.
The Boeing 737-500 with 62 passengers and crew was headed to Pontianak in West Kalimantan on Saturday before it disappeared from radar screens four minutes after takeoff.
It is the first major aircrash in Indonesia since 189 passengers and crew were killed in 2018 when a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max in 2018 also plunged into the Java Sea soon after takeoff from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Authorities have pinpointed the location of cockpit voice and flight data recorders that could be crucial to understanding what happened to the aircraft, which had 62 people aboard.
Authorities have pinpointed the location of cockpit voice and flight data recorders that could be crucial to understanding what happened to the aircraft, which had 62 people aboard.