Update Of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft Disbursement: Denjaka Team Preparing To Hold Apples Conducts Dives

JAKARTA - KRI Teluk Gilimanuk-531 has arrived at Lancang waters, Seribu Islands. The KRI was carrying the Indonesian Navy Denjaka team.

"The number of Denjaka is 17 personnel," said Dantim Dantim Dantjaka TNI AL Lettu (Mar) Yayat Ruhiyat in an interview quoted from Kompas TV broadcast, Sunday, January 10.

This team also carries Autonomous Underwater Vehicles or AUVs. The dives will be coordinated via apples at 07.00 WIB. Later this team will coordinate with the team at KRI Rigel who will photograph underwater conditions.

KRI Teluk Gilimanuk-531 arrived in the waters between Lancang Island and Laki Island, Thousand Islands, early Sunday at around 01.20 WIB.

KRI Teluk Gilimanuk departed from JICT II Pier, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Saturday night at around 22.30 WIB.

The ship was a lander type war which helped search for victims and the wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane that crashed in the waters in the Thousand Islands.

The KRI carried dozens of dive teams from the elite marines, Kopaska and Denjaka and other rescue equipment. KRI Teluk Gilimanuk is anchored not far from a stake in the waters.

Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport, at 14:36 WIB, Saturday, January 9. One minute later the plane to Pontianak was at an altitude of 1,700 feet and was allowed to rise to an altitude of 29 thousand feet following instrument standards.

"At 14:40 Sriwijaya did not go to 075 degrees but to the northwest, therefore ATC was asked to report the direction of the plane. Not long after, in a matter of seconds, SJY 182 disappeared from radar, "said Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Saturday, January 9.

There were 62 passengers including the crew of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft. Of the total passengers, there are 7 children and 3 babies.

The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft had its departure delayed for 30 minutes. The reason was the heavy rain.