Separation of Memory Module from chassis
Following the loss of GOL1907 in the Brazilian jungle, the FDR was recovered complete but only the chassis of the CVR. After nearly four weeks of intensive searching in the jungle by about 200 Brazilian Army troops equipped with metal detectors, the memory module of the CVR was finally found. The module was discovered intact, separated from other wreckage pieces, embedded in about 20cm/8 in of soil. There is a picture of the module ‘in situ’ in the jungle on Wikipedia.