Indonesian search and rescue teams have found the cockpit voice recorder from the Lion Air jet which crashed into the Java Sea in October, killing 189 people.

Human remains were also discovered at the same location on the sea bed, a senior official said.

The second of two “black boxes” to be located, the voice recorder could provide investigators with crucial insight into what went wrong in the final moments of flight JT610.

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet, which was only two months old, plunged into the sea just 13 minutes after take off from Jakarta’s international airport on 29 October. It had been heading for Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang.

The first black box, the flight’s data recorder, was recovered within days of the crash. It showed the jet’s airspeed indicator had malfunctioned on its last four flights.

Relatives of the deceased questioned why the aircraft was cleared for take-off after problems were reported on the previous flight from Bali, during which it experienced a rapid descent that scared passengers.

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