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Now playing Next Indonesia Cockpit voice recorder recovered from wreck of AirAsia passenger jet Divers have retrieved the the cockpit voice recorder from the wreck of the AirAsia passenger jet which crashed into the Java Sea last month. The 13/01/2015
Now playing Next Indonesia AirAsia black boxes 'found' Indonesian divers may have located the missing black box recorders alongside the fuselage from Air Asia Flight 8501. The announcement came from the 11/01/2015
Now playing Next world news Airbus tail fin found as weather eases in AirAsia salvage Operations are underway in the waters off Indonesia to retrieve the tail assembly of the AirAsia Airbus that went down on December 28th. With an 07/01/2015
Now playing Next Indonesia Aviation officials suspended as Indonesia goes after the guilty of AirAsia flight 8501 Progress in concluding the drama of the AirAsia flight that crashed in the sea off Indonesia continues very slowly, as three more bodies are found 05/01/2015
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Now playing Next Indonesia 'Big objects' found in search for wreck of AirAsia passenger jet They have recovered at least 30 bodies. And now Indonesian search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet have located two 02/01/2015
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