JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesian divers found Thursday on the seabed one of the flight recorders of Lion Air aircraft, which is a crucial step forward in investigating the causes of the 2 month old aircraft crash into the ocean this week killing 189 people. The parents, for their part, buried the first identified victim and prayed in front of his grave covered with flowers.
The television showed images of two divers after surfacing, swimming up to an inflatable boat and setting the bright orange device in a large container that was transferred to a search and rescue vessel.
"I was desperate because the current was powerful, but I'm confident of the tools that have been given me," said the 1st Sgt of the Navy. Hendra, who uses only one name. After reducing the possible location, "I started digging and cleaning up the debris until I finally found an orange object," he said on television, while standing on the deck of a ship next to his fellow divers.
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JAPAN, INDONESIA – OCTOBER 29: Search and rescue workers move the remains of a victim of the Lion Air JT 610 flight into a waiting ambulance at Tanjung Priok harbor on October 29, 2018 in Jakarta , in Indonesia. The Lion Air flight JT 610 crashed shortly after takeoff without leaving a trace of survivors among the 189 people on board the aircraft. (Photo by Ed Wray / Getty Images)
Debris from the unfortunate Lion Air Flight JT 610 floats at sea in the waters north of Karawang, West Java Province, on October 29, 2018. – The 189 passengers and crew members aboard Indonesian aircraft Lion Air have probably killed the accident, announced the search and rescue agency on October 29, announcing the discovery of human remains. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo credit should match ADEK BERRY / AFP / Getty Images)
A family member is praying for her while she is waiting, along with other people, for news of a Lion Air plane that crashed off the island. of Java, at Depati Amir Airport of Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, Monday, October 29, 2018. The Indonesian relief agency says that the Boeing 737 of Lion Air would be 800 aircraft crashed soon after leaving the Indonesian capital Monday morning. (AP Photo / Hadi Sutrisno)
Members of the Indonesian National Agency for Search and Rescue (BASARNAS) carry body bags in the area where a Lion Air airliner is expected to crash at Tanjung Priok harbor in Jakarta, Indonesia. Monday, October 29, 2018. A lion An airplane crashed into the sea a few minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital on Monday, hit by the country's safety record after the ban on its airlines was lifted. European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
A member of the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) inspects suspected debris from a Lion Air airliner that crashed off the island of Java at the port from Tanjung Priok to Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Lion Air plane crashed into the sea just minutes after Monday's takeoff of the Indonesian capital against the country's air safety record after the lift bans of its airlines by the European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
Rescuers looking for the victims of a Lion Air plane that crashed into the waters of Tanjung Karawang, Indonesia, Monday October 29, 2018. The Lion Air plane crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital on Monday the country's record of aviation safety after lifting the bans of its airlines by the European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Achmad Ibrahim )
Members of the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) inspect debris found near the waters where a Lion Air airliner is expected to crash at Tanjung Priok harbor in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Lion Air plane sank the sea a few minutes after Monday's takeoff of the Indonesian capital, which undermines the country's aviation security after the lifting of its airline bans by the airline. European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
Customers are seated near a Lion Air counter at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Lion Air plane crashed into the sea a few barely minutes after taking off Monday from the Indonesian capital, hitting the country's air force. record of safety after the lifting of the bans of its airlines by the European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
Passenger families arrive at the Lion Air Crisis Center at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Lion Air plane crashed into the sea a few minutes Barely after taking off from the country's record-breaking Indonesian air safety capital on Monday after the lifting of its airline bans by the European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
A man takes a photo of the passenger list of Lion Air flight JT610 at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. The Lion Air flight crashed into the Wed a few minutes after taking off Monday from the Indonesian capital undermines the country's air safety record after lifting the bans of its airlines by the European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
A relative of crying passengers when she arrives at the Lion Air Crisis Center at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Lion Air plane sits in the air. is crushed into the sea just minutes after taking off Monday from the Indonesian capital. undermining the country's aviation safety following the lifting of its airline bans by the European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
A member of the family of passengers arrives at the Lion Air Crisis Center at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Lion Air plane crashed into the just minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital on Monday the country's record of air safety after lifting the bans of its airlines by the European Union and the United States (AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
Relatives are comforting themselves at the crisis center of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cengkareng, Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Boeing 737 Max jet aircraft, operated by the Indonesian Air Lion, crashed into the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making this model the first accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three years. Photographer: Rony Zakaria / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Members of the Search and Rescue Team examine debris found at the Tanjung Priok Harbor site in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Boeing Co. 737 Max jet aircraft operated by Indonesian Air Lion, crashed the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the first model accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three years. Photographer: Rony Zakaria / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Members of the Search and Rescue Team carry a body found after the accident at the Tanjung Priok Harbor Pier in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Boeing 737 Jet Aircraft Max, operated by the Indonesian Air Lion, crashed Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the first model crash and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three years . Photographer: Rony Zakaria / Bloomberg via Getty Images
The debris recovered at the accident site is located on the pier at Tanjung Priok harbor in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, October 29, 2018. A Boeing 737 Max airplane, operated by the Indonesian Lion Air group, it's crashed in the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the first model accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three years. Photographer: Rony Zakaria / Bloomberg via Getty Images
An undergarment belonging to a passenger on the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 floats at sea in the waters north of Karawang in West Java on October 29, 2018. – The 189 passengers and Crew members aboard an Indonesian lion crashed Jet aircraft were presumably killed in the crash, announced the search and rescue agency on October 29, announcing the discovery of human remains. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo credit should match ADEK BERRY / AFP / Getty Images)
An Indonesian boatman takes photos as debris from the Lion Air flight JT 610 float at sea in the waters north of Karawang, West Java Province, on October 29, 2018. – The 189 passengers and members crew aboard an Indonesian aircraft Lion Air crashed were "probably" killed in the crash, announced the search and rescue agency on October 29, announcing to have found leftovers humans. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo credit should match ADEK BERRY / AFP / Getty Images)
A boat sails in the background as debris from the worst-flight Lion Air Flight JT 610 floated in the waters north of Karawang in West Java Province. , October 29, 2018. – The 189 passengers and crew members aboard an Indonesian Air Lion crashed Jet aircraft were "probably" killed in the crash , announced the search and rescue agency on October 29, announcing the discovery of human remains. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo credit should match ADEK BERRY / AFP / Getty Images)
A shoe that would belong to a passenger on the unlucky Lion Air flight JT 610 floats at sea in the waters north of Karawang in West Java on October 29, 2018. – The 189 passengers and members of The crew aboard an Indonesian lion crashed Jet planes were presumably killed in the accident, announced the search and rescue agency on October 29, announcing the discovery of remains humans. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo credit should match ADEK BERRY / AFP / Getty Images)
Rescuers transferred a bag containing human remains to an ambulance at Tanjung Priok harbor, north of Jakarta, on October 29, 2018, after being found at sea after the crash of Lion Air flight JT 610. Indonesian aircraft Lion Air were probably killed in the accident, announced on October 29 the search and rescue agency, which had announced the discovery of human remains. (Photo by RESMI MALAU / AFP) (The photo credit should read as follows: RESMI MALAU / AFP / Getty Images)
Jakarta, Indonesia – October 29: Members of a rescue team bring personal belongings and wreck ashore at Tanjung Priok Harbor, North Jakarta, Indonesia, October 29, 2018 , having been recovered from the sea where the Lion Air JT 610 flight crashed. the north coast earlier in the day. – A brand new Indonesian Lion Air aircraft carrying 189 passengers and crew members crashed into the sea on October 29, officials said shortly after asking to be able to return to Jakarta. (The photo credit should indicate Jepayona Delita / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Jakarta, Indonesia – October 29: Members of a rescue team bring personal belongings and wreck ashore at Tanjung Priok Harbor, North Jakarta, Indonesia, October 29, 2018 , having been recovered from the sea where the Lion Air JT 610 flight crashed. the north coast earlier in the day. – A brand new Indonesian Lion Air aircraft carrying 189 passengers and crew members crashed into the sea on October 29, officials said shortly after asking to be able to return to Jakarta. (The photo credit should indicate Jepayona Delita / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
On October 29, 2018, a unfortunate passenger-owned Lion Air flight JT 610 floated at sea in the waters north of Karawang in West Java Province. The 189 passengers and crew members aboard an Indonesian aircraft Lion Air crashed. "probably" killed in the accident, said the search and rescue agency on October 29, announcing to have found human remains. (Photo ARIF ARIADI / AFP) (The photo credit should correspond to ARIF ARIADI / AFP / Getty Images)
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The Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed Monday morning, minutes after takeoff from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. This is the worst air disaster Indonesia has seen in more than two decades and raises new concerns about the security of its burgeoning aviation sector, which has recently been removed from the European Union and the United States.
Navy Colonel Monang Sitompul told local television that an object suspected of being part of the aircraft fuselage had also been seen on the seabed.
Minutes after the aircraft was out of the sea, Bambang Irawan, an investigator of the Transportation Safety Committee, said it was the company's data logger. flight.
But at a subsequent press conference, another investigator, Ony Soeryo Wibowo, said that they still had not determined whether it was flight data or voice recorder cockpit. It was exposed in a transparent container immersed in water to avoid damage due to rapid drying.
"Their shapes are similar," he said. Speaking about the progress of the survey as a whole, Mr. Wibowo said: "We have collected data and found problems, but we need to continue our research."
The flight data recorder should provide investigators with detailed information on the flight, such as altitude, speed and heading. The voice recorder also provides valuable information – not only the voices of the cockpit crew, but also the engine sounds, instrument warnings and other sound elements that the investigators can interpret. The US National Transportation Safety Board reports that sophisticated computer and audio equipment is used to extract and translate data in an understandable format.
The recorder was found at a depth of about 30 meters (98 feet), about 500 meters (1,640 feet) from the aircraft's loss of contact, said the head of the research and development agency. rescue Muhammad Syaugi.
"The currents under the sea are always strong, which makes the divers difficult, but they face it persistently," he said.
Relatives of 24-year-old Jannatun Cintya Dewi, whose remains were identified on Wednesday, carried her body in a coffin covered with green cloth along a road in the East Java district until instead. burial, followed by dozens of people in solemn procession.
Her father and other people knelt near the grave, which was dotted with red, white and yellow flowers, and prayed.
Other families have to wait longer to bury their loved ones. Police medical experts say the DNA test results needed for identification will take between 4 and 8 days and remains are still being discovered.
US investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, including those from Boeing, flew to the port of Jakarta on Thursday and picked up debris collected from the sea, including debris from planes and passengers.
The data from the flight tracking sites show that the aircraft had an erratic speed and altitude in the first minutes of a flight on Sunday and during his fatal flight on Monday. Security experts however warn that the accuracy of the data needs to be checked against the flight data recorder.
Several passengers flying Sunday between Bali and Jakarta have reported problems such as delayed takeoff of an engine control and terrifying descents during the first 10 minutes of flight.
Lion Air ordered 50 MAX 8 aircraft and one of its subsidiaries was the first to operate the new generation jet last year.
Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said inspections of Boeing MAX 8 aircraft operated by Lion Air and national carrier Garuda had not revealed any problems, but controls were continuing.
He added that the Directorate General of Air Transport had asked Lion Air to dismiss four senior officials – its director of maintenance and engineering, its head of quality control, its head of maintenance in flight and its release manager – in order to contribute to the investigation. He added that their aircraft maintenance technician licenses had been suspended.
Investigators say that a preliminary report on the accident could be released within a month, but that complete findings will take several more months.
The Lion Air crash is the biggest air disaster in Indonesia since 1997, when 234 people died in a Garuda flight near Medan. In December 2014, an AirAsia flight from Surabaya to Singapore sank into the sea, leaving 162 people dead.
In 2007, Indonesian airlines were banned from traveling to Europe for security reasons, but several were allowed to return to service in the next decade. The ban was completely lifted in June. The United States lifted the decadelong ban in 2016.
Lion Air, a discount carrier, is one of the youngest and largest airlines in Indonesia serving dozens of domestic and international destinations. It has developed aggressively in Southeast Asia, a rapidly growing region of more than 600 million inhabitants.
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