Indonesia and Russia on November 4 kicked off their first joint naval drills as Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto seeks to boost ties with Russia.
Indonesia’s transport ministry said on March 31 it had recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off on January 9, killing all 62 people on board.
Indonesia has found the missing cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in late October, killing all 189 people on board.
Indonesia’s Lion Air announced on January 3 that the carrier had ended its search for the second black box voice recorder of its Boeing 737 Max jet which crashed into the Java Sea on October 29, killing all 189 people aboard.
Indonesia on November 23 wrapped up the task of identifying victims of the Lion Air jet crash that killed 189 people aboard, according to local authorities.
Indonesia called off the search for passengers of a Lion Air plane on November 10, almost two weeks after the jetliner with 189 people on board plunged into the Java Sea.