JAKARTA (INDONESIA) – Divers in Indonesia have found the casing of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) belonging to the ill-fated Sriwijaya Air jet which crashed into the Java Sea last week, said a Navy officer on Friday, adding that the search is continuing for its memory unit.
Earlier this week, divers retrieved the other black box from the seabed.
Minutes after it took off from Jakarta with 62 people on board on Saturday, flight SJ 182 crashed into the sea.
Air accident investigators have retrieved data from the FDR, which they hope will help them find out the cause of the tragedy.
“We’ve found the (CVR) body or casing, we’ve found the beacon and now we’re looking for the memory,” officer Abdul Rasyid said onboard Navy vessel Rigel.
According to experts, most recorders do have a strengthened housing containing the memory or tape, a chassis as well as an underwater locator beacon.
The officer was confident divers would find the recorder within the next few days, adding that an aircraft’s black boxes are usually very sturdy and can withstand considerable impact.
According to Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT), the information from the FDR has been downloaded and it contained 330 parameters which are in a good condition.
Parameters refer to the quantum of data recorded from various aircraft systems including the flight path, speed, engine power and flaps configurations.