AirAsia QZ8501 Black Box Recovered

 

Indonesian divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501

Divers retrieved one black box and located the other underwater Monday Jan 12,2015 from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, a key development that will help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea less than halfway into its flight.

The two instruments, which emit signals from their beacons, are vital to understanding what brought Flight 8501 down on Dec. 28, killing all 162 people on board.

The flight data recorder was lodged in debris from the wing at a depth of about 30 meters (100 feet)

AirAsia flight QZ8501 disappeared in bad weather on December 28,2014 with 162 people on board.

The aircraft, which was flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, is thought to be deep in the Java Sea.

Dozens of bodies have been recovered but most of the victims are believed to still be inside the fuselage, which has not been found.So far, only 48 bodies have been recovered