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Divers recover black box from crashed Indonesia plane as recovery operations continue
Indonesian Navy divers have recovered a black box from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea over the weekend with 62 people on board.
Key points:
- Thousands of rescue personnel are searching the crash area with helicopters and ships
- Police have asked the children and parents of victims to provide DNA to help with identification
- Investigators say the aircraft was intact until in crashed into the Java Sea
It was not immediately clear whether the device was the plane’s flight data or cockpit voice recorder.
The recovery was expected to help investigators determine what caused the Boeing 737-500 plane to nosedive into the ocean in heavy rain shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Saturday.
TV stations showed divers on an inflatable…
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