Sukhoi's FDR has been found - am I reading this announcement correctly?
Originally Posted by Ill-fated Sukhoi’s flight-data recorder to be submitted today
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 05/31/2012 10:59 AM | National
The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) is scheduled to submit the ill-fated Russian-made aircraft Sukhoi’s flight-data recorder (FDR) to the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) on Thursday morning, the agency's spokesman has confirmed.
Basarnas spokesman Gagah Prakoso said the rescue agency would hand over the FDR, also known as the black box, to KNKT officials at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in East Jakarta on Thursday morning.
“We will give the FDR to the KNKT officials at around 10 a.m.,” he told The Jakarta Post without elaborating further.
Earlier, one of the teams involved with Indonesia’s joint search and rescue mission found the plane’s voice cockpit recorder (VCR), which appeared to be damaged.
The VCR records conversations between pilots during the flight, while the FDR records the speed, pitch and altitude of a plane during a flight.
Basarnas officially ended its search and recovery efforts following the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash on May 22 after it had recovered the remains of all 45 people who were killed in the accident.
The Russian-made aircraft was destroyed in the hills of Mt. Salak in West Java on May 9 while on a demonstration flight. (asa/dic)
Addendum: "The Jakarta Globe" now reports that FDR has indeed been found by the locals.
Sukhoi Flight Data Recorder Found by Locals | The Jakarta Globe