Indonesia Recovers Second Black Box From Lion Air Crash

Faizan Hashmi Published January 14, 2019 | 04:57 PM

The cockpit voice recorder from an Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed in October has been recovered, officials said Monday, a discovery that could be critical to explaining why a brand new plane fell out of the sky just after take-off

Jakarta, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Jan, 2019 ) :The cockpit voice recorder from an Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed in October has been recovered, officials said Monday, a discovery that could be critical to explaining why a brand new plane fell out of the sky just after take-off.

The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after departing Jakarta, slamming into the Java Sea moments after pilots had asked to return to the capital and killing all 189 people onboard.

The bright orange voice recorder was discovered early Monday about 10 metres from a flight data recorder that was located back in November, authorities said.

"It's broken into two pieces so hopefully it's still useful" to investigators, Haryo Satmiko, deputy head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), told AFP.

More human remains were also found near the voice recorder, he added, without giving details.

"This will really help the investigation... and could give some more answers on the cause" of the crash, said Jakarta-based aviation analyst Dudi Sudibyo.

The doomed airliner's flight data recorder supplied information about the its speed, altitude and direction before it plunged into the sea on October 29.