By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/searchers-zero-black-box-deadly-airasia-flight-mark-retrieval Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Searchers retrieve second black box from crashed AirAsia flight World Jan 13, 2015 10:30 AM EDT Updated on Jan. 13, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. EST | A day after divers recovered the flight data recorder of AirAsia flight QZ8501, they have now retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the plane wreckage 100 feet underwater, said Tonny Budiono of the Transportation Ministry. Possessing both black boxes, investigators can now determine the cause of the plane crash, which could take up to two weeks. Both devices will be flown to Jakarta, Indonesia for analysis. Updated on Jan. 12, 2015 at 10 a.m. EST | Underwater searchers retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 early Monday morning, Indonesian officials said, while divers continued to search for the cockpit voice recorder in the Java Sea. Divers brought the flight data recorder to the sea’s surface after freeing it from under a piece of the plane’s wing, said Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi, operation coordinator for Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency. Both black boxes were about 66 feet from each other underwater, amid the plane wreckage, he added. Investigators will take the flight data recorder — and the cockpit voice recorder, once it’s retrieved — to Jakarta, Indonesia to analyze their data to determine what caused the aircraft to crash more than two weeks ago, the Associated Press reported. Original story: Indonesian search teams believe they’ve located the black box flight recorders of the AirAsia flight that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago, officials announced Sunday. Searchers have heard pings from the area where the plane’s tail was found Saturday, but strong winds and high waves have delayed efforts to find other parts of the wreckage, Reuters reported. Divers hope to retrieve the recorders, which Transport Ministry spokesman J.A. Barata said are buried under layers of aircraft debris, on Monday. Information obtained from the black box, the device that records voices in the cockpit and flight data, should help investigators determine what happened when Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 lost contact with air traffic control on Dec. 28 during a two-hour flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. All of the 162 people aboard the aircraft died as the aircraft crashed into the sea. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Andrew Mach is a former Digital Editor for PBS NewsHour in New York City, where he manages the online editorial direction of the national broadcast's weekend edition. Formerly, Mach was a news editor and staff writer for NBC News. He's also written for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and had stints at ABC News, the Washington Post and German network ZDF in Berlin, in addition to reporting for an investigative journalism project in Phoenix. Mach was a recipient of the 2016 Kiplinger Fellowship, the 2015 RIAS German/American Exchange fellowship by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the 2012 Berlin Capital Program Fulbright. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a native of Aberdeen, South Dakota. @andrewjmach
Updated on Jan. 13, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. EST | A day after divers recovered the flight data recorder of AirAsia flight QZ8501, they have now retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the plane wreckage 100 feet underwater, said Tonny Budiono of the Transportation Ministry. Possessing both black boxes, investigators can now determine the cause of the plane crash, which could take up to two weeks. Both devices will be flown to Jakarta, Indonesia for analysis. Updated on Jan. 12, 2015 at 10 a.m. EST | Underwater searchers retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501 early Monday morning, Indonesian officials said, while divers continued to search for the cockpit voice recorder in the Java Sea. Divers brought the flight data recorder to the sea’s surface after freeing it from under a piece of the plane’s wing, said Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi, operation coordinator for Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency. Both black boxes were about 66 feet from each other underwater, amid the plane wreckage, he added. Investigators will take the flight data recorder — and the cockpit voice recorder, once it’s retrieved — to Jakarta, Indonesia to analyze their data to determine what caused the aircraft to crash more than two weeks ago, the Associated Press reported. Original story: Indonesian search teams believe they’ve located the black box flight recorders of the AirAsia flight that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago, officials announced Sunday. Searchers have heard pings from the area where the plane’s tail was found Saturday, but strong winds and high waves have delayed efforts to find other parts of the wreckage, Reuters reported. Divers hope to retrieve the recorders, which Transport Ministry spokesman J.A. Barata said are buried under layers of aircraft debris, on Monday. Information obtained from the black box, the device that records voices in the cockpit and flight data, should help investigators determine what happened when Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 lost contact with air traffic control on Dec. 28 during a two-hour flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. All of the 162 people aboard the aircraft died as the aircraft crashed into the sea. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now