INDONESIA: Indonesian recovery teams find flight data recorder of Russian plane.

Record ID: 862916

  • Title: INDONESIA: Indonesian recovery teams find flight data recorder of Russian plane.
  • Date: 1st June 2012
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (MAY 31, 2012) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) HALIM PERDANAKUSUMAH AIRPORT MEDIA AT NEWS CONFERENCE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY, DARYATMO AND TATANG KURNIADI, CHIEF OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF SAFETY TRANSPORTATION IN NEWS CONFERENCE CAMERAMEN (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) HEAD OF THE NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY, DARYATMO, SAYING: "The devices that we have been looking for, the FDR (Flight Data Recorder), was found last night by our recovery and search team," FLIGHT DATA RECORDER BEING SHOWN TO MEDIA DARYATMO HANDING OVER FLIGHT DATA RECORDER TO TATANG KURNIADI MEDIA FLIGHT DATA RECORDER END OF NEWS CONFERENCE
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Indonesia
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  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Disasters,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVABCVJ2UDRR0EDME12YTBFQQ6B9
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  • Story Text: An Indonesian team said on Thursday (May 31) found the flight data recorder from the Russian plane that crashed on May 9, killing all 45 people on board.
    The recovery team found it buried 30 metres (98.4 feet) underground.
    "The devices that we have been looking for, the FDR (Flight Data Recorder), was found last night by our recovery and search team," Daryatmo, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency said in a news conference at the Halim Perdanakusumah airport.
    Daryatmo, like many Indonesians only has one name.
    The cockpit voice recorder had previously been pulled from the wreckage on May 16.
    The flight data recorder has been handed over to the National Committee of Safety Transportation, who are currently investigating the cause of the crash.
    The Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, flown by a Russian veteran pilot, crashed into a volcano in West Java.
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