Update on AirAsia: PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (AP) - While Indonesias navy said divers had not yet found the black boxes from the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago, searchers on Sunday honed in on intense pings detected amid a growing belief that the devices will soon be recovered. Three Indonesian ships detected the signals, said Indroyono Soesilo, coordinating minister for Maritime Affairs. They were located around 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) from where the aircrafts rear was discovered. The two are close to each other, just about 20 meters (yards), Soesilo told reporters. Hopefully, they are the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. Officials said earlier Sunday that two separate pings had been detected. Tonny Budiono, team coordinator at the Directorate of Sea Transportation, said in a statement that the signals were intense in one area, and that the recorders were believed to be lodged there beneath wreckage. If divers are unable to free it, all of the debris will be lifted, the statement said.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:13:10 +0000
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