Lion Air voice recorder until final report: Indonesian official

Indonesian authorities do not plan to provide a public update on the contents of a cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air jet that crashed, killing 189 people, until a final report is released in August or September, an official said Tuesday. The Oct 29 crash was the world's first of a Boeing 737 MAX jet and the deadliest of 2018. The contents of the jet's second black box, which were recovered from the Java Sea north of the capital, Jakarta, Jan 14, could provide a detailed account of the last actions of the pilots. The recording needs to be filtered first due to "background sounds" hindering the transcription, said the chief of the transportation safety committee. Under international rules, a final crash report is due within 12 months if that is possible. <br/>