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Part of the fuselage of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 lies on the sea floor, off Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia. (EPA/Singapore Ministry of Defense)
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Tatang Kurniadi (R) from The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) gestures next to Indonesian Military Chief General Moeldoko as Indonesian officers looks at the FDR (Flight Data Recorder) (Bottom C) of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 in Pangkalan Bun after it was retrieved from the Java Sea on January 12, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY)
Divers retrieve “black box” data recorder from AirAsia wreck
Jakarta and Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Reuters—Indonesian navy divers retrieved the black box flight data recorder from the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet on Monday, a major step towards investigators unraveling the cause of the crash that killed all 162 people on...Caption:
Divers working in the Java Sea photographed what they believe to be the wreckage of AirAsia flight QZ8501, on January 7, 2015. (AFP Photo/Basarnas)
AirAsia jet tail found underwater, black box may be close
Jakarta and Pangkalan Bun, Reuters—The tail of a crashed AirAsia jet has been found on the sea bed about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the plane’s last known location, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on Wednesday, a breakthrough that...Caption:
Crew members of Indonesian Navy ship KRI Bung Tomo carry a piece of the airplane part from AirAsia Flight 8501 recovered in search operations for the ill-fated jetliner, during a press conference at the Navy’s Eastern Fleet Naval Base in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on January 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
Indonesia naval captain says may have located missing plane’s tail section
Pangkalan Bun, Reuters—An Indonesian naval patrol vessel found on Monday what the captain said could be the tail of a missing AirAsia jet, the section where the crucial black box voice and flight data recorders are located. Ships and aircraft seeking debris and bodies...Caption:
Indonesian divers prepare their equipment aboard the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency ship “KN Purworejo” during a search operation for the crashed AirAsia plane in Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia, on January 4, 2015. (EPA/BAGUS INDAHONO)