'It Went Down – BOOM': Doomed AirAsia Jet EXPLODED When it Slammed into the Java Sea… as Divers Locate Crucial Second Black Box Which will Reveal Final Words of Pilots Before Crash
- Initial analysis reveals that the aircraft shattered because the cabin had not depressurised when it hit the water
- Divers have found the second black box from the AirAsia plane
- However, they have not yet been able to free it from debris on the sea bed
- Earlier on Monday Indonesian divers retrieved the first black box
- Searchers began zeroing in after three Indonesian ships picked up intense pings from the area
Daily Mail Australia, 12 January 2015
Salvage experts believe that the AirAsia jet which crashed into the sea with 162 people on board exploded on impact.
Suryadi Supriyadi, a director with the Indonesian national search and rescue agency, suggested initial analysis of the wreckage showed that the aircraft shattered because the cabin had not depressurised when it slammed into the water, SKY reported.
Mr Supriyadi said:
'The cabin was pressurised and before the pressure of the cabin could be adjusted, it went down - boom. That explosion was heard in the area.'
A team of navy divers earlier on Monday retrieved the flight data recorder from the wreckage. Divers have also found the second black box, but they have not yet been able to free it from debris on the floor of the Java Sea.
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Chief of the National Transportation Safety Board Tatang Kurniadi (left) speaks to the media while showing the flight data recorder that was retrieved from the first black box
Indonesian army and naval personnel look at the flight data recorder that was in the first black box
The flight data recorder that was in the first retrieved black box is placed on a table for the media to see
Indonesian military police carry the flight data recorder through Iskandar air base in Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo
Military policemen carry the flight data recorder of AirAsia QZ8501 away to be evaluated
Indonesian officers take the plane's flight data recorder and move it into a large plastic container
Still dripping with water, military personnel pull out the flight data recorder of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed in the Java Sea
The AirAsia aircraft's flight data recorder in its black box is unloaded by Indonesian Air Force flight crew
Airbus investigators examines part of the tail of AirAsia QZ8501
Indonesian officers carry a part of the tail section of the AirAsia plane away to be scrutinized
Indonesian workers survey the remains of the tail of the AirAsia QZ8501 aircraft during the recovery mission at Panglima Utar Kumai Harbour in Kumai, Central Borneo
Crew members of the Crest Onyx ship untie parts of the tail section of AirAsia Flight OZ8501 at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Indroyono Soesilo (front) reveals information about three ships detecting signals from crashed AirAsia Flight 8501
The recovered wreckage of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed in the Java Sea are covered by tarps at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia
Associated Press reported that Mr Supriyadi confirmed the ****pit voice recorder was located on Monday just hours after officials announced that the other black box - the data flight recorder - had been brought to the surface.
He said the second black box was stuck under heavy wreckage, and divers are now working to lift it.
The flight recorder monitors data such as airspeed and the aircraft's heading, while the ****pit voice recorder stores radio transmissions and sounds from within the ****pit.
Sky's Beijing Correspondent Mark Stone said:
'Experts will be looking at data which recorded the performance of the engines or other instrument in the ****pit. All of that will be taken to Jakarta and analysed in great detail.
'The conversations the crew had with ground control units in Singapore and Indonesia are already known, but they do not know what conversations took place on the flight deck.
'They know there was no Mayday issued and the ****pit recorder, when it is found, could reveal why.'
Searchers began zeroing in on the sites a day earlier after three Indonesian ships picked up intense pings from the area. The flight data recorder was brought to the surface by four divers early on Monday morning.
The ****pit voice and flight data recorders are vital to understanding what brought Flight 8501 down on December 28, killing all 162 people on board.
A member of Indonesian Research and Technology Application Agency points at the coordinates where signals of AirAsia flight QZ8501 black box were detected on Saturday
Indonesians gathered to look at the recovered wreckage after it was pulled from the Java Sea
An Indonesian member of the National Transportation Safety Board talks with investigators as they look over the recovered tail section of AirAsia QZ8501
Investigators take a close look at part of the AirAsia aircraft's tail section aboard the Crest Onyx ship
The tail section of the the AirAsia plane is is taken away on Sunday aboard the Crest Onyx ship
In the picture taken on board a ship, the searcher looks to be smiling while a colleague holds up a smart phone to snap the moment
The man standing in front of the tail, which was pulled from the sea off the coast of Indonesian island Borneo two weeks after flight QZ8501 crashed, is wearing a uniform
Officials said last week when the recorders were found they would be taken to Jakarta for analysis.
It could take up to two weeks to download data, investigators said, although the information could be accessed in as little as two days if the devices are not badly damaged.
The news comes after the tail section of the AirAsia aircraft was pulled from the sea off the coast of central Borneo on Saturday.
Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 lost contact with air traffic control in bad weather on December 28, less than halfway into a two-hour flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.
The tail was hoisted from the Java Sea on Saturday with inflatable bags from a depth of 30 metres
The find comes two weeks after the AirAsia flight crashed into the sea, with 162 people on board
Indonesian search team load balloons to lift crashed plane tail;
Bad weather has hampered the search efforts, making it difficult for divers to inspect the site
So far 48 bodies have been recovered from the site, including two that were still strapped into their seats
None of the 162 people on the aircraft survived. So far 48 bodies have been recovered from the site, including at least two still strapped into their seats.
Searchers have been hearing pings, believed to be from the aircraft's two black boxes near where the tail of the Airbus A320-200 aircraft was raised.
Mr Supriyadi said earlier on Sunday a sonar scan had revealed an object measuring 10 metres by four metres by 2.5 metres on the sea floor.
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