About two and a half months after the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX of the Indonesian airline Lion Air, the recorder for cockpit calls has been discovered. This was announced by the Indonesian Navy.
Naval divers would have found the voice recorder near the crash site in the Java Sea off the coast of West Java, a spokesman said. She was hidden under thick mud at a depth of 30 meters.
The almost brand new machine crashed into the sea on October 29, just eleven minutes into the Indonesian capital Jakarta. All 189 inmates died.
According to initial research, the crashed Lion Air engine had problems with the speedometer and the AOA sensors. The interim report confirmed these findings.
The investigators also confirmed information from the "New York Times" that the pilots had fought from the outset against the crash. Utomo reported that the on-board computer had automatically pushed down the nose of the plane and the crew had tried to steer it upwards - but ultimately without success.