AirAsia QZ8501: SAR team’s sonar detects black boxes

PANGKALAN BUN: The sonar system of navigation vessel Jadayat has detected the black boxes of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in the Karimata Strait of the Java Sea near here.

“We can assure you that these are the black boxes from the plane because the sonar system has detected the ping,” Indonesian Military commander Gen. Moeldoko said aboard naval vessel KRI Banda Aceh on Friday, as quoted by kontan.co.id.

He said that the black boxes were about 2.4km from where the tail of the plane was located.

“We have sent six military divers to look for them [the black boxes],” he said.

The black boxes play a crucial part in every aircraft accident and incident investigation as they consist of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR). – The Jakarta Post/ANN