Black Box from Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Aircraft Mishap Found

JAKARTA, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- The black box belonging to the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed last Saturday, was successfully retrieved by the Indonesian search and rescue (SAR) team on Tuesday. Indonesian Army (TNI), commander Hadi Tjahjanto in a press conference broadcast live on local television, said the black box found was a Flight Data Recorder (FDR). The FDR was found by Indonesian Navy divers, in the waters of Pulau Laki and Pulau Lancang in the Kepulauan Seribu, at 4.20 pm West Indonesian time. "The search operation will continue for the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), locate aircraft debris and victims," said Hadi Tjahjanto. The Boeing 737-500 Sriwijaya Air flight from Jakarta to Pontianak carrying 62 passengers, including 12 crew, lost contact with the control tower after taking off at 2.36 pm last Saturday, before crashing into the waters of Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta. -- BERNAMA