Divers retrieve 2nd black box from AirAsia crash

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) — Divers retrieved the crashed AirAsia plane's second black box from the bottom of the Java Sea on Tuesday, giving investigators essential tools to piece together what brought Flight 8501 down.

The cockpit voice recorder was freed from beneath the heavy ruins of a wing early in the morning from a depth of about 30 meters (98 feet), a day after the aircraft's flight data recorder was recovered, said Tonny Budiono, sea navigation director at the Transportation Ministry.

"Thank God," he said. "This is good news for investigators to reveal the cause of the plane crash."

The device will be flown to the capital, Jakarta, to be downloaded and analyzed with the other box. Since it records in a two-hour loop, all discussions between the captain and co-pilot should be available.

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A black box of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed in the Java Sea, is briefly displayed at airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Divers retrieved one black box Monday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, a key development that should help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

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[Duckhunter935]

1. That is good news

I hope they find out what happened

[longship]

2. Thankfully the Java Sea is shallow.

When I heard that this airplane went down there, I knew that there was no doubt that it would be found.

Deep water is a real problem.

[Blue_Tires]

3. yeah...it would have been found even earlier if not for weather...