Cockpit voice recorder from crashed Indonesian jet downloaded successfully: investigator


  • World
  • Monday, 12 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) officials place the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182 on a table at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet has been downloaded successfully and includes the last minutes of the flight that ended with 62 people dead, an official at Indonesia's air accident investigator said on Monday.

The contents of the recording from the 26-year old Boeing Co 737-500 that crashed shortly after take-off on Jan. 9 cannot be disclosed publicly at this stage of the probe, Indonesia National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) investigator Nurcahyo Utomo said.

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