The cockpit voice recorder from the AirAsia plane that crashed into
the Java Sea last month has been recovered and taken to an Indonesian
navy ship, an official says.
"The CVR (cockpit voice recorder) has been found and lifted from the sea," an official involved with the search, who requested anonymity, said today.
Indonesian military personnel handle the AirAsia plane's flight data
recorder yesterday. A second black box - the plane's cockpit voice
recorder - was recovered today. Photo / AP
The official added that the device had been taken to the navy ship Banda Aceh.
Divers had already retrieved the other black box, the flight data recorder, from the sea on Monday.
The black boxes detached from the Airbus A320's tail when the plane plummeted in to the sea on December 28, killing all 162 people on board.
The recorders hold vital information about the last moments of flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, and will help investigators to find out what caused the accident.
The last contact the pilots had with air traffic control,
about halfway into their two-hour journey from Indonesia's
second-largest city, indicated they were entering stormy weather.
They asked to climb from 32,000ft to 38,000ft to avoid threatening clouds, but were denied permission because of heavy air traffic.
Four minutes later, the plane dropped off the radar. No distress signal was issued.
"The CVR (cockpit voice recorder) has been found and lifted from the sea," an official involved with the search, who requested anonymity, said today.
The official added that the device had been taken to the navy ship Banda Aceh.
Divers had already retrieved the other black box, the flight data recorder, from the sea on Monday.
The black boxes detached from the Airbus A320's tail when the plane plummeted in to the sea on December 28, killing all 162 people on board.
The recorders hold vital information about the last moments of flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, and will help investigators to find out what caused the accident.
They asked to climb from 32,000ft to 38,000ft to avoid threatening clouds, but were denied permission because of heavy air traffic.
Four minutes later, the plane dropped off the radar. No distress signal was issued.
