Cockpit voice recorder from Sriwijaya Air jet found after months-long search in Java Sea

Indonesia's transport ministry said on Wednesday it had recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off on Jan. 9, killing all 62 people on board.

Divers found the casing and beacon of the CVR from the 26-year-old Boeing Co 737-500 within days of the crash but had spent nearly three months searching for the memory unit in relatively shallow but muddy waters that sometimes attract strong currents.

Authorities unveiled the CVR to the media at a news conference in Jakarta on Wednesday.

A preliminary report by investigators into the Sriwijaya crash said the plane had an imbalance in engine thrust that eventually led the plane into a sharp roll and then a final dive into the sea.

That report included information from the plane's other "black box," the flight data recorder, which was recovered soon after the crash.

The CVR could help investigators understand the actions taken by the pilots in the moments before the crash.

The discovery brings hope to the family of flight attendant Mia Tersetiyani Wadu who died on the plane. They hope it will give them answers on what exactly happened before the crash.

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