Black box from crashed Indonesian jet retrieved from debris on sea floor

A family crying during funeral of Jannatun Cintya Dewi, passenger of Lion Air flight JT610, at Sukodono village in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian divers on Thursday retrieved a black box from a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed into the shallow sea off the coast of the capital, Jakarta, killing all 189 people onboard.

The device should provide clues to what went wrong after the plane lost contact with ground staff just 13 minutes after taking off early on Monday from Jakarta, on its way to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang.