ATHENS, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Voyage Data Recorder of the sunken Greek cruise ship Sea Diamond was successfully recovered by a professional diver on Saturday afternoon from the shipwreck at an approximate depth of 85 meters.

    The black box will be turned over to the Naxos prosecutor who launched legal proceedings against the captain of the ill-fated Sea Diamond that sank off near the Aegean island of Santorini at dawn on April 6.

    The black box's contents -- a recording of all data particularly during the ship's collision with a charted reef -- will be examined by prosecutors with the assistance of an expert and representatives of the Cyprus-based ship-owner and its insurance companies.

    Two passengers out of the roughly 1,500 people on board -- a French man and his daughter -- went missing after the boat sank and are still unaccounted for.

    Experts said data on the recorder will shed ample light on the causes of the accident and will be turned to the investigating authorities as evidence.