Indonesia Officials Recover Voice Recorder from January Plane Crash

Officials with Indonesia’s transport ministry said Wednesday they have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the Sriwijaya Air jet airliner that crashed into the Java Sea nearly three months ago.  

The ministry announced the discovery and displayed the so-called “black box” during a news conference at a port in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.   The officials say Indonesian navy divers recovered the CVR Tuesday and say they hope it will help them determine what caused the Boeing 737-500 to suddenly nose-dive into the ocean shortly after takeoff from Jakarta on January 9.   The say the recorder was discovered on the seabed not far from where the first flight recorder was found shortly after the accident.  While the first recorder contained data from the ill-fated flight, the CVR contains actual conversations of the flight crew.