Pangkalan Bun (Indonesia) (AFP) - Indonesian authorities said on Sunday strong signals were emanating from the crucial black box recorders of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the sea two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board.
Military divers were trying to follow the pings to the boxes, believed to be on the floor of the Java Sea about 30 metres (100 feet) underwater, S.B Supriyadi, a director with the National Search and Rescue Agency told AFP.
The hunt came after the mangled tail of the Airbus jet was lifted from the sea on Saturday.
"The ping was detected about one kilometre (0.6 miles) east of the tail," Supriyadi told AFP at the search headquarters of Panglakun Bun.
The Indonesian meteorological agency has said stormy weather likely caused the Airbus A320-200 to crash.
But a definitive answer is impossible without the black boxes, which should contain the pilots final words as well as various flight data.
Supriyadi and other officials involved in the search said they were confident the pings were from the black boxes, describing the signals as strong.
Supriyadi said an object believed to be the main body of the plane had also been detected close to the area from where the pings were emanating.
"We are now trying to check by sending our divers," he added.
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