Divers recover Indonesia jet’s data recorder

Indonesian navy divers have recovered one of the two black boxes from the downed Lion Air jet, a crucial development in the investigation into what caused the aircraft to plunge into the Java Sea


Oct 29, 2018: Lion Air Flight JT610 crashes en route from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang with 189 passengers and crew on board

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06:21: Aircraft departs Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

06:32: Loses contact with air traffic control

JAKARTA

Crash site: Flight data recorder found about 500m northwest of coordinates where plane lost contact

JAVA SEA

Water depth 30-35m

Search zone
Covers areas within 28km radius of crash. Search for victims and parts of plane, including cockpit
voice recorder

10km 6 miles


INDONESIA
SUMATRA
Pangkal Pinang
Java Sea
INDIAN OCEAN 
JAVA
200km 125 miles


FLIGHT PROFILE	Speed	Altitude
								km/h
2,500m								750
2,000				Plunges towards sea at 640km/h	600
1,500								450
1,000								300
500		Sudden drop	Lower altitude than normal	150
0								0
	06:21	06:23	06:25	06:27	06:29	06:31


Two to three minutes after take-off: Pilot makes “return to base” request. Air traffic control approves but contact with plane is lost eight minutes later


Sources: Associated Press, Flightradar24 All times local (GMT +7) 
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