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Rescuers find black box of crashed Lion Air plane

The black box was found in the Java Sea at the depth of 30 meters

MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. /TASS/. Rescuers have found the black box of the Lion Air plane that crashed off Indonesia on October 29, Detik news portal reported on Thursday.

"The black box was found at the depth of around 30 meters," the portal cited rescuers as saying. They also noted that "it is not damaged."

On Monday, October 29, Lion Air Flight JT610 flew from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang (capital of the province of the Bangka Belitung Islands). The Boeing 737 crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after taking off. All 189 people on board died in the crash. Investigators do not put forward any possible causes yet.