Divers Recover ‘Black Box’ From Crashed Indonesia Plane

A box containing the flight data recorder recovered from the crash site of the Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 in the Java Sea sits on display at Tanjung Priok Port, on Jan. 12, 2021. Dita Alangkara/AP Photo

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor on Tuesday recovered the flight data recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board.

The device is expected to help investigators determine what caused the Boeing 737-500 plane to nosedive into the ocean in heavy rain shortly after taking off from Jakarta on Saturday.