Indonesia Air Crash Probe: Authorities reject reports claiming to be based on cockpit voice recording

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Turning now to the Indonesian investigation into the crash of a Boeing 737 Max passenger plane in October last year. Authorities say media reports claiming to be based on leaked cockpit voice recordings of the Lion Air flight are false. CGTN's Silkina Ahluwalia has more from Jakarta.

Months after Lion Air's flight JT610's fatal crash, Indonesian authorities are dealing with new revelations from the flight's cockpit voice recorder.

Earlier, reports of the contents of these recordings were supposedly leaked to the media by anonymous sources.

According to them, the pilot had flipped through the handbook in panic shortly before the Boeing 737 MAX crashed into the water.

Addressing those claims, the National Transportation Safety Committee ensured the public that only their team has the data of those recordings. Going so far as saying that even Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration do not have those data.

NURCAHYO UTOMO INDONESIAN NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE "Based on our understanding, the content of the CVR data and what was described in the media was different. So I can say that this information written in the media was not what was in the CVR, it's based more on someone's assumption based on our preliminary report."

The recordings along with any other conversations including those in writing are being closely studied by the investigation team.

Following regulations in Indonesia, authorities say those information will not be published to the public anytime soon.

They are expecting a full report on the crash to be released in August of this year.

NURCAHYO UTOMO INDONESIAN NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE "Especially between 2017 and 2019, there was no accident involving fatalities for aircraft in Indonesia of more than 5,700 kg. So the Lion Air accident was a shock to the world. Today, Boeing 737 temporarily have been grounded and we will wait until its improvements."

Ethiopian Airlines ET302 is the second crash involving the same jet in less than six months.

The U.S Transport Department is also looking into auditing the certification of the troubled jets to make sure safety procedures are implemented properly.

Silkina Ahluwalia, CGTN, Jakarta.