Black box, landing gear of crashed Indonesian Lion Air plane found
The Boeing 737 Max 8 jet en route to the city of Pangkal Pinang with 189 people onboard was reported missing Monday morning, and was believed to have crashed 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport.
It is believed that all 189 people onboard the plane have been killed.
Head of Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Muhammad Syaugi said Thursday evening that a landing gear, several "victims" and other larger parts of the crashed aircraft, including some parts of the fuselage, were also found by the remotely operated underwater vehicle on the seabed.
"There are several victims whom we have seen. There were also a landing gear. It was two wheel and an axle, and an edge part of the body of the plane," he told a press conference.
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