Indonesian divers on Tuesday retrieved from the seabed the flight data recorder of a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board on the weekend, officials said. "We are sure that, because the beacon that was attached to the cockpit voice recorder was also found around the area, so with high confidence, the cockpit voice recorder will soon be found," military chief Hadi Tjahjanto said at a news conference. With few immediate clues on what happened after takeoff, investigators will rely heavily on the flight recorders to determine what went wrong. The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) expects to download the flight data recorder's information within two to five days, said agency head Soerjanto Tjahjono. The Sriwijaya Air plane was nearly 27 years old, much older than Boeing's problem-plagued 737 MAX model.

Source: CBC News January 12, 2021 12:45 UTC