Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Breaking news: Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 one of two black boxes recovered


Indonesian divers  have recovered one of the black boxes  the so called flight data recorder  on Tuesday 12 January.   The retrieval of the cockpit voice recorder and the bodies are ongoing.
One of the engines was also recovered on Monday 11 January.

The rescue teams delivering the black box.


The Indonesian National search and rescue agency  tweeting that the flight data recorder has been found on Tuesday 11 January in the sea and earlier on Sunday divers recovered one of the two engines.Initial findings indicate that the aircraft's engine was still running when the plane hit the water. 

 Indonesian authorities have located the black boxes  and one of the engines  was recovered from the point of crashing in the Java sea on Sunday.
The search continues  retrieving the cockpit voice recorder  which contains important information from the flight deck and mainly the conversations between the flight crew and the Air traffic controller .

New evidences show that "the aircraft was fit to fly. It passed an  airworthiness inspection last month" says the Indonesian transport ministry Acn reporting. In addition the ministry said that it had conducted routine checks in connection with the issuance of the certificate and  the checks included ensuring that part of the plane were not corroded. 

According to the ministry of Transport the aircraft was parked in the hangar since 23 March last year and it only began to fly in December and therefore it was a nine months gap that the aircraft wasn't flying however authorities said they had inspected the aircraft on 14th December  and the plane flew five days later with no passengers and then it resumed commercial flight on 22nd December

Divers have recored one of the two Boeings engine on Sunday 


The flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder have been located into the Java sea.  The authorities also confirmed that the retrieval of the boxes have started on Monday 11 January 2021.

Just after four minutes of take off the Boeing lost power and started a steep descent into the sea. The reasons of the accident are still unknown.

The so-called black boxes   will shred a light on how and why the Boeing 737 vanished from the radar and plunged into the sea on Saturday afternoon killing 50 passengers and  six crew.

It is not the first time for Indonesian aviation that an airplane accident has occurred. In 2018 Lion air crashed into the sea after pilots error killing 172 souls on board.

Indonesian airlines had been on Europe's blacklist for 11 consecutive years. 

However, in June 2018 after air safety has been significantly improved in Indonesian aviation and the airlines have been classed as safe. 




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