Joint Indonesian Divers Retrieves Black Box of Lion Air JT610

Karawang, West Java, MINA – The Joint divers team managed to lift the Black Box of the Lion Air JT 610 plane crash from the waters north of Karawang, West Java.

“Baruna Jaya boat and KRI Rigel find the Black Box’s position, then this joint divers team drop and lift the black box, “said Commander of the SAR Task Force Colonel Iswarto through Press Conference in Karawang, Thursday.

The black box has been taken to the port of Tanjung Priok Port and handed over to the NTSC to be investigated more deeply, he said. Antara News reported.

Based on the Press Conference, the black box was found on the seabed with an inside sea around 25-35 meters and approximately 100 meters from the initial position.

“We appreciate to Indonesia Navy and Basarnas for the discovery of the Black Box and the element will be taken to Tanjung Priok,” The Indonesian Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said at a Press Conference in Jakarta on Thursday.

However, they still identify whether this is the Black Box of Flight Data Recorder (FDR) that records activities in the cabin or Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).

Meanwhile, The Lion Air company gives a waiting fee of IDR 5 million to the victim’s family Lion Air JT 610 aircraft crash

This waiting money given in cash for victim’s family is not for finance hotel rooms, transportation, consumption, and insurance. This money is from Lion Air’s management. (T/Sj/RS5)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)