Lion Air crash: Doomed jet's black box flight data recorder recovered from Java Sea
Divers have recovered one of the two black boxes from the Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea on Monday, with 189 people on board. Key points: The Indonesian Transport Minister says the flight data recorder has been recovered A diver says the black box was dug out of mud on the sea floor The plane's black boxes are expected to help explain why the almost-new Boeing jet went down A diver, identified only as Hendra, told local media the recording device was found in mud on the sea floor among other debris from the crashed plane. Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said the device recovered was the flight data recorder, and the search for the other black box — the cockpit voice recorder — was ongoing. The plane's black boxes are expected to help explain why the almost-new Boeing jet went down in waters about 35 metres deep in the Java Sea.
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