Indonesia teams find black box of crashed Russia jet

31/05/12 19:33 CET

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The flight data recorder for a Russian plane that crashed in Indonesia in May has been recovered.

Search teams found the black box buried 30 metres underground.

The Sukhoi Superjet on100 was being flown by a Russian pilot when it crashed into a volcano killing all 45 people onboard.

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