Divers find black box of crashed AirAsia jet


Indonesian national search and rescue agency's (BASARNAS) crew lifts up the wreckage of AirAsia QZ8501 aircraft tail from the Crest Onyx ship, after it was hoisted from the Java Sea during their recovery mission at Panglima Utar Kumai Harbour in Kumai, Central Borneo, Indonesia, 11 January 2015. -EPA

JAKARTA: Indonesian divers Sunday found the black box of the AirAsia plane which crashed in the Java Sea a fortnight ago with 162 people aboard, the transport ministry said.

But they failed to retrieve it because it was stuck under debris from the main body of the plane, it added.

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