CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indonesian government’s search and rescue found debris and human remains soon after from a 280 km (150 nmi) wide area. The first victim was identified two days after the crash. The flight data recorder was found on 1 November and recovered for analysis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indonesian Navy divers have recovered the flight data recorder from Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, which crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff on Saturday with 62 people aboard, officials said Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-3: -In response to the Lion Air report, Boeing said it has made changes to the 737 Max to “prevent the flight control conditions that occurred in this accident from ever happening again,” including activating MCAS only when two separate sensors agree the plane is approaching a stall.

Detailed explanation-4: -On Thursday, 61 body bags containing human remains had been recovered. Relatives of 24-year-old Jannatun Cintya Dewi, whose remains were identified Wednesday, carried her in a coffin covered in green cloth along a road in an East Java district to the burial place, followed by a solemn procession of dozens.

Detailed explanation-5: -The recorder’s “cockpit area microphone” is usually located on the overhead instrument panel between the two pilots.