Divers see crashed Lion Air jet fuselage as ‘ping’ heard in search for black box

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Divers have reported seeing the fuselage and engines of a crashed Lion Air plane on the seabed, and a ping locator has detected a signal which may be from the cockpit voice recorder, Indonesia’s search and rescue chief has said.

The brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet plunged into the Java Sea early on Monday, just minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital. Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.

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Search and rescue chief Muhammad Syaugi speaks to the media at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia (Binsar Bakkara/A))

“I haven’t seen it myself but I got information from some divers that they have seen the fuselage,” he said at a news conference at a Jakarta port where body bags, debris and passenger belongings are first taken.

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Rescuers remove parts of the Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea (Binsar Bakkara/AP)

Divers and a remotely operated vehicle have been searching the suspected location since Saturday morning.

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