Indonesia Super Jet Crash: ‘Black Box’ Of Russian Jet Found

May 16th, 2012

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Searchers have found the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that smashed into the side of an Indonesian volcano, killing 45 people. The recording of comments by the plane’s veteran pilots could help explain what caused the crash.

The “black box,” collected from the bottom of a 500-meter (1,500-foot) ravine, was shattered and badly burned, Tatang Kurniadi, who heads the National Commission on Safety Commission, said Wednesday.

It had contained both a voice recorder and a flight data recorder, but the latter device remains missing, he said.

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 – Russia’s first passenger jet model since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago – was being demonstrated for potential buyers when it roared into Mount Salak at 800 kph (480 mph) one week ago and exploded.

Debris from the twin-engine jet rained down the near-vertical flank of the long-dormant volcano. It took days for search teams to find the black box, partly because it was so badly charred and hidden in heavy brush.

The box was actually painted orange, but the color was burned off in the crash, making it harder to find, said Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman for the Search and Rescue agency. It was discovered early Tuesday and given to investigators later that day.

Indonesian experts, aided by their Russian colleagues, were analyzing the voice recorder in a lab in the capital, Jakarta, on Wednesday, said Mardjono Siswosuwarno, who is heading the investigation.

He said it appeared the memory module was still readable.

“It will take at least a week to download the data,” said Siswosuwarno, adding the conversations would then have to be transcribed and translated.

The transcriptions will not be made public.

The Superjet is intended to help resurrect Russia’s aerospace industry. The plane was being demonstrated for representatives of Indonesia’s fast-expanding domestic airlines, which are among its biggest potential buyers.

Rescue team carry boxes from a helicopter at Pasir Pogor in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2012. Rescue teams used climbing gear to scale the nearly sheer slopes of a dormant Indonesian volcano, hoping Friday to reach the wreckage of a Russian-made jetliner Sukhoi Superjet-100 that crashed with 45 people onboard during a display flight for potential buyers. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
The logo of Sukhoi Co. is clearly visible, center, bottom, among the wreckage of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2012. The crash of the new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers has thrown doubt on dozens of plane sales just as Moscow seeks a comeback in foreign markets. All 45 people aboard were feared dead. (AP Photo)
Relatives of the passengers of the crashed Sukhoi Superjet-100 watch the news on a television at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2012. Search teams found at least 12 bodies Friday on the steep slope of an Indonesian volcano where the Russian-made jetliner crashed while demonstrating the plane for potential buyers from airlines, an official said. All 45 aboard the plane are feared dead. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesian police officers walks to the location of a plane crash in Salak mountain in Cijeruk, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2012. Rescue teams used climbing gear to scale the nearly sheer slopes of a dormant Indonesian volcano, hoping Friday to reach the wreckage of a Russian-made jetliner that crashed with 45 people aboard during a demonstration flight for potential buyers. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
The wreckage of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 is scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2012. (AP Photo)
Relatives of the passengers of the crashed Sukhoi Superjet-100 watch the news on a television at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 11, 2012. Search teams found at least 12 bodies Friday on the steep slope of an Indonesian volcano where the Russian-made jetliner crashed while demonstrating the plane for potential buyers from airlines, an official said. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)