Indonesia Sriwijaya Air crash investigator hopes for recovery of cockpit voice recorder
19 January, 2021
Indonesia's air accident investigator continues to be hoping to recuperate the cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet to raised understand information attained from the flight data recorder, the official explained on Tuesday (Jan 19).
The 26-year-old Boeing 737-500 plane crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta on Jan 9 with 62 persons on board.
Information stored on the flight data recorder has been downloaded and includes 370 parameters together with 27 hours of recordings covering 18 flights, including the accident, National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) Investigator Nurcayho Utomo said in a video statement.
Parameters are a reference to the volume of data recorded from aircraft systems like the flight path, speed, engine power and flaps configurations.
The 370 parameters referenced by Utomo can be an increase from 330 parameters announced on Friday.
"We are actually hoping the (cockpit voice recorder) could be determined to support the info we recovered from (flight data recorder)," Utomo explained.
Indonesian divers found the cockpit voice recorder's casing but remain searching for its memory unit, a navy officer said on Friday.
The seek out the cockpit voice recorder and victims was on Monday extended by three days, with further extensions possible.
The KNKT plans to issue an initial report within thirty days of the crash, consistent with international standards. Representatives from america and Singapore are aiding the investigation.
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