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DIVERS retrieved one of the black boxes from the Air Asia plane today that plummeted more than two weeks ago into the Java Sea.
The flight data recorder was found under part of the plane’s wing and brought to the surface early in the morning, said national search and rescue agency head Henry Bambang Soelistyo.
Divers began zeroing in on the site on Sunday after three Indonesian ships picked up intense “pings” from the area, but they were unable to see it due to strong currents and poor visibility, said the agency’s operation co-ordinator Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi.
He said that the black box had been lodged in debris at a depth of about 100 feet.
Searchers will continue to scour the seabed to try to locate the cockpit voice recorder, which is believed to be emitting a separate signal nearby, he said.
