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AirAsia Black Box and Flight Recorder Recorvered from the Sea

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The much awaited finding of the flight data recorder and the black box cockpit voice has become a reality as a team of navy divers recovered the flight data recorder from the plane's wreckage on Monday after a fortnight-long search which has been hindered by bad weather. 


The devices would be analysed in Jakarta. The flight recorder monitors data such as airspeed and the aircraft's heading, while the cockpit voice recorder stores radio transmissions and sounds from within the cockpit.

Section of the tail of AirAsia QZ8501 passenger plane is seen on the deck of the ship Crest Onyx, the day after it was lifted from the seabed, as it arrives at Kumai Port, near Pangkalan Bun
Sky's Beijing Correspondent Mark Stone said: "Experts will be looking at data which recorded the performance of the engines or other instruments in the cockpit. All of that will be taken to Jakarta and analysed in great detail.

"The conversations the crew had with ground control units in Singapore and Indonesia are already known, but they do not know what conversations took place on the flight deck.
"They know there was no Mayday issued and the cockpit recorder, when it is found, could reveal why."

The Air Asia Flight QZ8501 went down into the Java Sea 28 December, halfway into its two hours journey from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore with 162 passengers on board.

Over 40 bodies have so far been recovered; some of which have been identified and buried by the families of the victims. Most of the bodies are believed to still be in the fuselage strapped to their seats.

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