ndonesians look at the recovered wreckage of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed in the Java Sea http://www.redskinsfansstore.com/Redski … ft-Jersey/ , at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Divers returned to the water Monday hoping to locate the black boxes from the crashed AirAsia plane after zeroing in on the site where the devices are believed to be wedged beneath wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) 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, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Divers returned to the water Monday hoping to locate the black boxes from the crashed AirAsia plane after zeroing in on the site where the devices are believed to be wedged beneath wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) Crew members of Crest Onyx ship prepare to unload parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 from a ship at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun,Sunday, Jan.11, 2015. A day after the tail of the crashed AirAsia plane was fished out of the Java Sea, the search for the missing black boxes intensified Sunday with more pings heard. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) Indonesian people look at the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 that crashed in the Java Sea at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Divers returned to the water Monday hoping to locate the black boxes from the crashed AirAsia plane after zeroing in on the site where the devices are believed to be wedged beneath wreckage on the bottom of the Java Sea. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) Crew members of Crest Onyx ship prepare to unload the wreckage of part of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed off the Java Sea, at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A day after the tail of the crashed plane was fished out of the sea, the search for the missing black boxes intensified Sunday with more pings heard. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) Members of the National Transportation Safety Board inspect the portion of the crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 on the deck of rescue ship Crest Onyx at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A day after the tail of the crashed AirAsia plane was fished out of the Java Sea, the search for the missing black boxes intensified Sunday with more pings heard. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) Crew members of Crest Onyx prepare to unload parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 from the ship at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun,Sunday, Jan.11, 2015. A day after the tail of the crashed AirAsia plane was fished out of the Java Sea, the search for the missing black boxes intensified Sunday with more pings heard. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) Members of National Search And Rescue Agency carry the airplane parts found floating in the water near the site where AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared at Kumai port in Pangkalan Bun, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. A tail section from the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea late last month, killing all 162 people on board, became the first major wreckage lifted off the ocean floor Saturday, Jan. 10, but the all-important black boxes were not found inside. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim) In this photo taken from an Indonesian Air Force Super Puma helicopter, portion of the tail of AirAsia Flight 8501 is seen on the deck of a rescue ship after it was recovered from the sea floor on the Java Sea, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. Investigators searching for the crashed plane's black boxes lifted the tail portion of the jet out of the Java Sea on Saturday, two weeks after it went down, killing all 162 people on board. (AP PhotoPrasetyo Utomo, Pool)
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Divers retrieved one of the black boxes Monday from the AirAsia plane that plummeted more than two weeks ago into the Java Sea, a major breakthrough in the slow-moving hunt to recover bodies and wreckage.
The flight data recorder was found under part of the plane's wing and brought to the surface early in the morning, said Henry Bambang Soelistyo, head of the national search and rescue agency.
Divers began zeroing in on the site a day earlier after three Indonesian ships picked up intense pings from the area, but they were unable to see it due to strong currents and poor visibility, said Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi, operation coordinator at the national search and rescue agency.
He earlier said the black box was lodged in debris at a depth of about 30 meters (100 feet), but Soelistyo did not provide additional details about the discovery.
Searchers will continue to scour the seabed to try to locate the other black box, the cockpit voice recorder, which is believed to be emitting a separate signal between 2 meters (yards) to 20 meters (22 yards) away, he said.
"Hopefully, it can be retrieved within hours today," Supriyadi said from Pangkalan Bun, the town closest to the site on Borneo island. He added that diving conditions were not favorable.
The two instruments are vital to understanding what brought Flight 8501 down on Dec. 28, killing all 162 people on board. They provide essential information including the plane's vertical and horizontal speeds along with engine temperature and final conversations between the captain and co-pilot.
The flight data recorder will be taken to Jakarta, the capital, for analysis. It could take up to two weeks to download its information, said Nurcahyo Utomo, an investigator at the National Committee for Safety Transportation.
Officials recovered the aircraft's tail on Saturday, the first major wreckage excavated from the crash site. They were hopeful the black boxes were still inside, but learned they had detached when the plane crashed into the sea. On Sunday, the ships detected two strong signals near each other.
Search efforts have been co
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