The crucial
black box of the crashed AirAsia jet was today found in the Java Sea stuck
under debris from the plane’s fuselage and will be retrieved on Monday as the
major breakthrough in the search raised hopes of unravelling the mystery of the
crash soon.
Indonesia’s
Directorate General of Marine Transport confirmed that the black box of AirAsia
Flight QZ8501 has been found. The breakthrough comes exactly two weeks after
the flight from Surabaya to Singapore went down with 162 people on board.
Coordinator
of the Directorate General of Marine Transport Tonny Budiono said navy divers
from Indonesia navy ship KN Jadayat found the black box at a depth of 30 to 32
metres.
The black
box is currently wedged between pieces of wreckage making it difficult for
divers to retrieve, and due to time constraints, retrieval will take place
tomorrow morning, said Mr. Budiono.
The search
crew will attempt to retrieve the black box by moving parts of wreckage to
loosen it from where it is currently stuck, and if that fails, the same balloon
method used to lift the tail of the plane will be employed, he said.
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