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Indonesia locates crash site, plane's black boxes

Divers, warships, vessels with sonar and airplanes deployed on Sunday in search for the B737-500 jet

Published Sun, Jan 10, 2021 · 09:50 PM

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    Jakarta

    AN Indonesian search-and-rescue team located the crash site where a Boeing jet carrying 62 people operated by Sriwijaya Air went down just minutes after takeoff on Saturday, with the authorities saying that they expect to retrieve the aircraft's black boxes soon.

    Debris suspected to be from Flight SJ182 has been found along with emergency signals transmitted by two devices, with the search team already locating both flight recorders, according to officials.

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