What will Air Asia recording devises reveal to investigators?

An Australian aviation specialist says the so-called black boxes retrieved from the wreckage of Air Asia flight QZ8501 could, within a matter of days, shed light on what caused the jet to crash off the Indonesian coast.

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Captain Desmond Ross.

An Australian aviation specialist says the so-called black boxes retrieved from the wreckage of Air Asia flight QZ8501 could, within a matter of days, shed light on what caused the jet to crash off the Indonesian coast.

The passenger plane, flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, plummeted into the sea last month, killing all 162 people on board.

Former pilot, traffic controller and airport director, Captain Desmond Ross, has told Phillippa Carisbrooke the two recorders, recovered just a day apart, will give investigators a critical insight into the plane's final moments.

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By Phillippa Carisbrooke


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