AirAsia QZ8501: Divers find black box, Indonesia ministry says
The flight recorder from the crashed AirAsia QZ8501 flight has been discovered in the Java Sea, Indonesian authorities confirmed in a statement.
According to the country’s Directorate General of Marine Transport, the black box will be retrieved from the seabed on Monday.
Earlier on Sunday, strong signals from the recorders were detected not far from where the tail part was found.
“The ping was detected about 1km east of the tail,” said S.B Supriyadi, director with the National Search and Rescue Agency. A sonar scan found an object measuring 10m by 4m by 2.5m on the sea floor, he added.
"They suspect it is the body of the plane. There is a big possibility that the black box is near the body of the plane," said Supriyadi.
The plane crashed on December 28 en route to Singapore from Surabaya, Indonesia. A total of 162 people were on board and there were no survivors.
48 bodies have been recovered so far.
Source: RT News
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