Indonesia Plane Crash: Black Box Located, Human Remains Found At The Crash Site; What We Know So Far
Divers pulled body parts, clothing & wreckage from waters off Indonesia's capital Jakarta on January 10. This comes as military picked up a signal from the wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed with 62 people on board. Head of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said on January 10 that the two black boxes from Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 are believed have been detected within 150 to 200 meters (492 to 656 feet) of the crash site, reported CNN. As per a CNN report, authorities located two different locations for the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) & Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from Sriwijaya Air Flight 182. The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 went into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on the afternoon of January 9. A military vessel picked up the plane's signal & divers recovered wreckage from around 23 metres (75 feet) below the water's surface, the transport ministry said on January 10, citing Indonesia's military chief Hadi Tjahjanto. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on January 10 & said India stands with the country in this hour of grief. Watch the video to know more.
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