Originally Posted by
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Santoso Sayogo, an investigator at the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has stated to the media that he has received a report from the field, that their SAR people are now picking up pings from the flight data recorder - and that the pings are some distance from the location of the tail, thus indicating the FDR became detached during the crash.
I wonder exactly what "detected 300 metres from" means. but anyway... good news if they have located them!
Jakarta: "Ping" signals from the black box of downed AirAsia flight QZ8501 have been detected 300 metres from the aircraft's sunken tail section, Indonesian army commander Moeldoko has confirmed.
General Moeldoko said the ping was picked up by Indonesian ship Jadayat well away from the tail, which is the current focus of the search and recovery effort.
AirAsia crash: 'ping' signals from black box detected