In Indonesia, searches for the two black boxes continue for the Sriwigawa Air plane, which crashed in the Java Sea on Saturday, with 62 people on board, as the plane’s debris impedes access to the two boxes.
Indonesian navy divers on the seabed continue to search for the two important boxes.
Admiral Yodo Margono said the divers used high-tech “ping locator” equipment to narrow their search to 20 meters below sea level, but the two boxes were buried under tons of sharp debris. He added that removing this debris slows down efforts to reach the two boxes.
A remotely operated vehicle has been sent to the two boxes’ site, and Margono said at least 160 divers will be deployed to enhance the search.
Earlier, a navy ship picked up signals from the two boxes, which contain the cockpit recorder and flight data recorder, of the Boeing 737-500, which fell minutes after taking off from the capital, Jakarta, in heavy rain.
More than 3,600 rescuers, 13 helicopters, 54 large ships and 20 small boats joined the searches, which have already led to the discovery of plane parts and human body parts in the water at a depth of 23 meters.