Lion Air ends search for crashed Max's cockpit recorder: report

Lion Air has reportedly ended its search for the cockpit voice recorder of its crashed Boeing 737 Max 8. The search ended shortly before midnight on 29 December 2018, Lion Air Group told Reuters. It did not specify any reasons behind the move. In mid-December 2018, Lion chartered a ship, MPV Everest, from a Dutch company to assist in the search. At that time, it also estimated that the search for the CVR would cost Rp38 billion ($2.62 million). The Reuters report adds that Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is likely to conduct its own search for the CVR, using ships from the country's navy "as soon as feasible". Negotiations with the navy are underway.