Divers will attempt to retrieve data recorders from the doomed Indonesian flight that plunged into the sea with 62 passengers on board.
The Sriwijaya Air flight crashed minutes after take off from Jakarta's main airport, with authorities hoping today's Java sea dive will see cockpit black boxes covered.
Investigators are reportedly working on a theory that the aircraft ruptured on impact with the water. SJ 182 was headed on a domestic flight to Pontianak on Borneo island, about 460 miles from the capital, on Saturday before it disappeared from radar screens four minutes after take-off.
Authorities pinpointed the area where the data recorders are located on Sunday as they lifted chunks of the Boeing 737-500 fuselage off the sea bed.
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