Find the black box of Lion Air plane falling into the Indonesian sea

Authorities said the search team had found a black box of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 of Lion Air, which could provide important evidence to explain the cause of the accident.

According to Bloomberg leading Indonesia's Kompas television, authorities said the search team had found the black box of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, an important step in understanding the cause of the plane crashing on October 29.

Xinhua News Agency quoted Indonesian Ministry of Transport spokesman confirming that a black box had been found.

Meanwhile, a diver named Hendra told Metro TV that they had "excavated and obtained a black box" among the debris lying on the mud in the seabed.

"We tracked the device, and narrowed the scope (search), then we dug again at the device where the device caught the touch sound (" ping ") and finally found the black box. " Mr. Hendra said. "Ping" is the sound emanating from the black box of the plane, but people cannot hear it.

He said the box was orange and intact, but did not specify whether it was a cockpit recording or flight data storage device. Black boxes are often painted orange.

Divers search for the fuselage and black box under the Java Sea.(Photo: Reuters).

Images from the scene showed two divers swimming to a support boat and putting orange equipment in a plastic basin, then putting these things on the boat.

Aviation experts say information from the black box contributes to the cause of 90% of aircraft crashes, according to AFP.

Each aircraft usually has 2 black boxes, each weighs between 7 and 10 kg and can exist at depths up to 6,000m under water as well as within an hour at 1,100 degree Celsius. more found, black boxes equipped with beacons can signal within a month.

One of the two black boxes of Lion Air was found on November 1 and taken ashore.(Screenshots / Kompas TV).

Earlier, Indonesia deployed devices that "positioned ping" to detect black boxes. Finding the black box, the mechanical and electronic system monitoring device on the plane as well as saving the pilot's statements, is the first step to decipher the mystery of why an airplane is almost entirely new. I had such a disastrous accident.

On October 31, the Indonesian military said it had located the plane of Lion Air falling and sank into the sea two days ago. The rescue team also recovered large debris at a depth of 32m.

The scope of the search has been doubled, covering the sea area with a radius of 10 nautical miles from where the plane loses contact with air traffic control. The search for a November 1 morning focused on the fourth of 13 search sites, which is believed to have fuselage, according to the Straits Times.

Divers participate in the search campaign of Lion Air.(Photo: AP).

"We are very confident that we have found a body part of the JT610," Reuters quoted the commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces Hadi Tjahjanto on TVOne TV on October 31, referring to the number. Flight brand is operated by Lion Air, Indonesia's low-cost airline.

The plane of Lion Air disappeared from radar just 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta early on the morning of October 29. Aircraft fell into the Java Sea, about 15km from the shore. All 189 people on board were said to have died.