Indonesia retrieves black box of Lion Air plane
(VOVWORLD) -A black box of the Lion Air plane that went down in waters off West Java province of Indonesia was retrieved on Thursday, 3 days of the accident occurred.
 Indonesian naval forces are searching for victims of the accident. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) |
The box was defined as the flight data recorder, not the cockpit voice recorder. The National Transportation Safety Committee said a preliminary accident investigation report should be released within a month and the final report could take up to 6 months. The Lion Air crash with 189 deaths is the worst airline disaster in Indonesia since 1997.