Lion Air Voice Recorder Recovered
More than two months after the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX off Indonesia, divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the seabed.

More than two months after the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX off Indonesia, divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the seabed. The recorder was dug out from beneath 26 feet of mud on the floor of the Java Sea. The aircraft dove at high speed into 100 feet of water on Oct. 29. The crash investigation has centered on sensors feeding an automatic stall prevention system installed on the brand-new aircraft. Investigators are hoping the cockpit tapes will give them important insight into what the pilots were dealing with. It's not known how badly damaged the CVR is and whether the data is recoverable.
Indonesia's Transport Committee Chairman Soerjanto Tjahjono said it will take the rest of the week to dry and clean the recorder and download the data. It's not clear if U.S. officials will be involved in that process. The recorder was found using an electronic detector and divers also made the grim discovery of more bodies in the same area. It took 21 divers to dig through the mud to find the recorder, which was nearing the end of its 90-day battery life for sending the locator signal.
