Cockpit voice recorder of ill-fated Sriwijaya 737 recovered

Indonesian authorities have recovered the cockpit-voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed on 9 January in the Java Sea. Indonesian officials disclosed the finding in a pier-side briefing. The recorder was placed in a container and will be sent for analysis. The finding of the CVR comes nearly three months after the aircraft’s flight-data recorder was recovered, days after the crash. February’s preliminary report into the disaster indicates that investigators are focusing on the aircraft’s autothrottle system, with early analysis revealing a thrust-lever asymmetry during the flight. The report also disclosed that the aircraft’s autothrottle was unserviceable on two occasions shortly before the ill-fated flight SJ182 crashed in the Java Sea, minutes after taking off from Jakarta bound for Pontianak on the island of Borneo. The crash killed 62 passengers and crew. <br/>