AirAsia cockpit voice recorder found

Second success: Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee chief Tatang Kurniadi (right), Air Force Operations Commander Agus Dwi Putranto (centre) and Navy Western Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Widodo (left) holding the cockpit voice recorder of the Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 after its recovery from the sea floor during a news conference in Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan, Indonesia. Search teams had been deployed to a spot about 20m from where the flight data recorder was retrieved on Monday. — EPA

PANGKALAN BUN (Indonesia): Indonesian divers retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from beneath the wreckage of an Indonesia AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea as the airline’s boss vowed to overcome the “toughest times” he has known.

Yesterday’s recovery came a day after the plane’s other black box, the flight data recorder, was recovered. The devices should give investigators vital information about what caused the accident.