At last Indonesia Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 black boxes located

Officials have disclosed that the Black boxes of a passenger plane which crashed in the sea soon after take-off from Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday have been located.

It was gathered that a small flotilla of ships have been searching the site and navy divers are expected to be able to retrieve the two flight recorders, they add.

Earlier the aircraft parts and human remains were found.

Recall that the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 was carrying 62 people when it vanished from radar on its journey to Borneo.

“We have located the position of the black boxes, both of them,” said Soerjanto Tjahjono, head of Indonesia’s transport safety committee, quoted by AFP, several hours ago.

“Divers will start looking for them now and hopefully it won’t be long before we get them.”

Investigators are analysing items which they believe to be a wheel and part of the plane’s fuselage.

Jonathan Head, the South-East Asia correspondent of  BBC says the sea in this part of Indonesia is relatively shallow and the bad weather which had been hampering rescue operations has now improved, making it more likely significant parts can be recovered.

However, the search appears to offer no hope of finding any survivors.

Yusri Yunus, a spokesman for the Jakarta police, said two bags had been received from the search and rescue agency.

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“The first bag contained passengers’ properties, another bag contained body parts,” he told reporters, adding: “We are still identifying these findings.”

At the moment Police are asking families of the victims to provide DNA samples and dental records to help identify the remains.