Indonesia zeroes in on crashed AirAsia plane’s black boxes

An aerial photo shows a tail section (centre) of the AirAsia flight QZ8501 on the deck of a Crest Onyx ship as the search for black boxes of the aircraft continues in the Java sea on January 11, 2015. -AFP

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities said Sunday they may have tracked down the crucial black box recorders of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the sea two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board.

Strong ping signals were being picked up by three vessels involved in the search in the Java Sea, S.B Supriyadi, a director with the National Search and Rescue Agency, told reporters.