This Is The SJ-182 Sriwijaya Air Victims And Black Box Search Scheme
JAKARTA - Basarnas has prepared a scheme to search for black boxes and victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the Thousand Islands. Divers will be divided into the search to be carried out Monday, January 11 morning.
"From Basarnas, there are 30 divers and assisted by the Navy, Kopaska, Marines, Denjaka, a total of 150 personnel are assisted by volunteers. (So) there are approximately 200 in the field, ”said Basarnas Deputy for Operations, Relief and Preparedness, Bambang Suryo Aji, as quoted from Metro TV broadcast, Sunday, January 10.
The plan is to dive for the black box search operation and the victims of the Sriwijaya Air plane for the Jakarta-Pontianak route which crashed on Saturday, January 9 at noon, starting around 07.00-08.00 WIB.
"We will be briefing the joint SAR team to give an explanation and the division of their working areas," he said.
This search will be carried out through air monitoring and diving. Basarnas has detected the coordinates of the alleged Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box.
"The alleged position of the black box is in the coordinates of about 5 degrees-57 minutes-52 seconds south latitude and 106 degrees-34 minutes-37 seconds Southeast. We will further deepen it, tomorrow we will be even sharper, both deployed by divers and the NTSC team working together with the joint team to explore black box points, "continued Bambang.
The divers who are specifically tasked with finding the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box will carry a pinger locater. The black box position will be analyzed if you need special tools to take it.
“The search is now being carried out using equipment
to lower the ROV? yes actually like this, the search is now being carried out using a sonar multibeam echosounder to confirm the situation below, and to make sure the position of the black box must be visually with the ROV. For blackbox retrieval, just a pinger locator that catches the signal so that with the signal emission we can get close, "said Bambang.
Previously Kabasarnas Bagus Puruhito in Jakarta presented the findings of the joint team search operation at 19.20 WIB, Sunday, January 10.
"We get 10 bags that contain fragments or pieces of the fuselage. (There are) 16 sections or large pieces of the plane. 10 body bags are part of the victim and 5 pieces of clothing, ”said Bagus at the JICT2 post, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Sunday, January 10.
Kabasarnas ensured that the search for victims and the black box operation of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 lasted 24 hours. For tomorrow, the search will expand to the coast.
"Our plan for tomorrow is that we are still carrying out operations in the same area with the sea level and subsurface methods by slightly expanding the search area to add to the coast because of the ocean currents towards the coast," Kabasarnas Bagus said in a recent press conference at the JICT2 post, Tanjung Priok, Jakarta. , Sunday, January 10.
The search for under sea level will be concentrated on evacuating the victims of the Jakarta-Pontianak route that crashed on Saturday, January 9.
"On the other hand, we simultaneously carry out the search for the blacx box with the KNKT, hopefully our mission tomorrow will run smoothly," said Bagus.
"The SAR operation lasts 24 hours technically with monitoring can take turns in shifts. In twenty minutes we will enter the sea rider with the particles found, "he continued.
The Sriwijaya Air plane registered number PK-CLC SJ 182 for the Jakarta-Pontianak route lost contact on Saturday, January 9 at around 14:40 WIB and crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands between Lancang Island and Laki Island.
Based on manifest data, the aircraft produced in 1994 carried 62 people consisting of 50 passengers and 12 crew members. Of these, 40 adults, seven children, three babies. Meanwhile, the 12 crew consists of six active crews and six extra crews.