Divers recover AirAsia black box

Rival theories over last moments of flight QZ 8501 and 162 victims

Indonesian navy divers retrieved the black box flight data recorder from the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet yesterday, a major step towards unravelling the cause of the crash that killed all 162 people on board.

However, there was confusion about what happened in the final moments of Flight QZ8501, which crashed off the Indonesian coast on December 28, with one official saying the plane probably exploded before hitting the water and another disputing that theory.