Divers near black boxes

Jakarta: Indonesian navy divers scouring the sea bed were last night closing in on data recorders from a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea three days ago with 62 people on board minutes after take off from Jakarta’s main airport.

With little prospect now of finding survivors, authorities also said that there would be a focus on recovering the bodies of victims.

Divers had further narrowed down the search area strongly suspected to be the location of the black boxes, a Navy spokesman, Fajar Tri Rohadi said. — Reuters