Indonesia air crash – Black box cockpit recorder from doomed Lion Air plane found
Investigators revealed they had located the black box of the Boeing Co 737 MAX which crash into the sea near Jakarta, killing all 189 on board
A COCKPIT voice recorder from the crashed Lion Air plane has been found.
Investigators revealed they had located the black box of the Boeing Co 737 MAX which crash into the sea near Jakarta, killing all 189 on board two months ago.
“It’s been found, but we have not received information of the location yet,” Haryo Satmiko, deputy chief of Indonesia’s transport safety committee said.
The cockpit voice recorder is one of the two so-called black boxes crucial for the investigation of a plane crash.
There no survivors after flight JT-610 crashed 13 minutes after its 6.20am take-off.
A child was among six bodies pulled from the sea after a plane carrying 189 people crashed in Indonesia today just moments after the pilot reported “technical difficulties”.
The aircraft, on a 1 hour and 10 minute flight, was said to be carrying 189 people, including one child, two babies, and seven crew members.
One Italian national and at least 23 government officials were on board the plane which was travelling to the city of Pangkal Pinang on the Indonesian island of Bangka.
The plane’s Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja had reported “technical difficulties” and asked air traffic control to return to the airport minutes after taking off, according to reports.
Following his distress call, the jet vanished from radar before losing altitude and plunging into the sea.
Lion Air CEO Edward Sirait confirmed this morning that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 had gone into service months ago and underwent repair work to resolve a technical issue on Sunday night.
He told AFP: “It got repaired in Denpasar (in Bali) and then it was flown to Jakarta.
“Engineers in Jakarta received notes and did another repair before it took off’ on Monday. That’s the normal procedure for any plane.”
Sirait, the chief executive of Lion Air, added: “We don’t dare to say what the facts are, or are not, yet. We are also confused about the why, since it was a new plane.”
Lion Air said the pilot Suneja and co-pilot Harvino were experienced, with more than 11,000 flight hours between them.
We revealed the the final selfie sent by a newlywed husband to his wife shortly before the doomed Lion Air jet crashed into the Java Sea.
Deryl Fida Febrianto sent the snap at 6.01am – minutes before flight JT-610 set off from Jakarta for Pangkal Pinang.
Data for Flight 610 on aircraft tracking website FlightAware ends just a few minutes following takeoff.
The cabin crew were Shintia Melina, Citra Noivita Anggelia, Alviani Hidayatul Solikha, Damayanti Simarmata, Mery Yulianda, and Deny Maula.
The first Boeing 737 MAX jets were introduced into service in 2017.
Boeing is aware of the airplane accident reports and is “closely monitoring” the situation.
The emergency beacon did not emit a distress call, despite it being certified to work until August 2019.
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