Basarnas Hopes That The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Black Box Can Be Found

JAKARTA - Basarnas hopes that the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box aircraft can be found tonight. This afternoon, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said the location of the plane's black box was already known from the signal sent.

"Hopefully tonight. Our hope is that the sooner the better. However, night conditions are an obstacle for the team to explore diving. We hope that the sooner the better," said Basarnas Operations Director, Brigadier General TNI Marshal Rasman, at JICT2, Tanjung. Priok, North Jakarta, Sunday, January 10.

He added that today, there are 100 ships helping the search process, 50 of which are large ships. Then, from the air, there were 12 aircraft with various stakeholders. Furthermore, there are also 8 ambulances on standby, as well as 2,123 people who have registered themselves in this humanitarian mission.

Today's search, said Rasman, was divided into 4 sectors. Each sector has an area of approximately 2-3 miles. He considered this model very effective for finding the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

He added that the search process today did not stop until 17.00 WIB. He explained that his only limited movement was underwater diving.

"Due to the dark conditions, I think it is ineffective to conduct searches at night. However, ships that have the sonar capability to detect below are still active," he said.

"The problem is that someone asks, is it finished after 5 o'clock? No. The activity is carried out for 24 hours. Only we adjust to natural conditions. When it's dark, it is impossible to carry out dives," he said.

The Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane crashed around Male Island and Lancang Island, Thousand Islands, or 11 nautical miles from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang-Banten.

The Boeing 737-500 PK-CLC registered aircraft crashed when it was about to climb to an altitude of 13,000 feet above sea level.

Before take off, the SJ 182 plane also delayed its departure for 30 minutes due to rainy weather.

The NTSC is currently working with the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) to collect weather-related data.

The Boeing 737-500 has a crew of six active crew. The details of the passengers on flight SJ-182 are 40 adults, seven children, three babies and our six crew members as passengers.