2,600 Personnel Deployed In Third Day Search For Sriwijaya Air SJ-182

JAKARTA - Basarnas Operations Director, Brigadier General TNI (Mar) Rasman said that the joint team mobilized around 2,600 personnel in the search for aircraft debris, victims, and the black box of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

"As of today, approximately 2,600 personnel are involved directly or indirectly in this search and rescue activity," said Rasman at the JICT II Command Post, North Jakarta, Monday, December 11.

Rasman said, there were 53 defense equipment or large ships deployed in the search. Plus 20 jetski, rubber boats and ribs. Then, there were 12 ambulances on standby on land.

Then, there are 13 air defense equipment on standby for search use, such as seeing the debris from a long distance and informing the ship's whereabouts to ships at sea level.

"I think this amount is sufficient for us to be effective in search and rescue. The first and second day, thank God it went well. The evidence submitted to all of us can be distributed properly," he explained.

For information, the Sriwijaya Air plane crash with PK-CLC SJ182 registration number on the Jakarta-Pontianak route started with lost contact on Saturday, January 9, 14:40 WIB. Then, it was confirmed that the plane crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands, precisely between Lancang Island and Male Island.

Flightradar data shows that the aircraft stalled before taking a sharp dive. Stall is one of the flight malfunctions. Stall prone to occur early in departure: starting from takeoff, gaining altitude, to maneuvers that usually rotate.

Sriwijaya Air admitted that his plane was in good health and had no problems before taking off. There is indeed a delay or delay that occurs for 30 minutes before the flight, it occurs due to bad weather on the flight route to be traversed.

There are 53 ships operated by a joint team from the National SAR Agency, TNI, Polri, as well as supporting volunteers in the search for victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane.

When there is a discovery of plane debris, Basarnas will hand it over to the National Transportation Safety Committee. Meanwhile, pieces of the victim's body or property were handed over to the National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team for identification.