Divers are also believed to have marked out the likely location of the AirAsia aircraft’s fuselage, believed to lie at a depth of 30m.
PANGKALAN BUN: The engine of the downed AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 may have been located, based on the shape and size of wreckage spotted underwater, an investigator said on Tuesday (Jan 13).
The suspected location of the Airbus A320-200 engine could not be immediately confirmed, the investigator said. Channel NewsAsia also understands that search teams have also possibly identified the locations of the plane’s main fuselage and stabiliser, with divers reported to have marked out the spot the fuselage is believed to lie, 30m deep.
Most of the efforts on Day 17 of search operations are focused on an area known as “Most Probable Area 2”, spanning a part of the Java Sea off southern Kalimantan 2.5 by 2.5 nautical miles in dimension, Malaysian Chief of Navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar said on Twitter.
The two parts of the airplane’s black box have been found, with the flight data recorder retrieved on Monday (Jan 12) and the cockpit voice recorder on Tuesday morning.
The flight data recorder contains information on the plane’s technical data, such as its height, speed and radar information. The cockpit voice recorder records all communication between the pilot and his co-pilot, crew and Air Traffic Control.
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