The device recovered by divers is the flight data recorder and the search for the cockpit voice recorder continues, said Bambang Irawan, an investigator with the National Transport Safety Commission. Safety experts caution, however, that the data must be checked for accuracy against the flight data recorder. ASSOCIATED PRESS The flight recorder, which was found by search teams on the sea floor, will be examined by the National Transportation Safety Committee. The Lion Air crash is the worst airline disaster in Indonesia since 1997, when 234 people died on a Garuda flight near Medan. In December 2014, an AirAsia flight from Surabaya to Singapore plunged into the sea, killing all 162 on board.

Source: Huffington Post November 01, 2018 06:20 UTC