DPR Will Call Minister Of Transportation Budi Regarding Sriwijaya Air SJ 182: We Will Talk About Aircraft Age And Low Fares

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission V DPR RI, Ridwan Bae said that his party would summon the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi to ask for clarification regarding the downing of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane.

He conveyed this when he monitored the handling of the search for the Sriwijaya SJ-182 aircraft at the JICT II Integrated Command Post, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

"Commission V will explore more about these issues what actually happened. In the not too distant future, we will invite the Minister of Transportation with all his staff," Ridwan said at the location, Monday, January 11.

Ridwan viewed that the Sriwijaya SJ-182 plane crash was caused by a government policy allowing the operation of old aircraft. In addition, Ridwan considers there are problems with low-cost aircraft.

"Indonesia has a view that our aviation problem is a little prone. Therefore, we must talk about age and low cost aircraft," said Ridwan.

Furthermore, when there is an evaluation from the DPR to the government, especially the Ministry of Transportation, Ridwan hopes that flight accidents will no longer occur in the future.

"One of our hopes is that in the future things like this will no longer happen, so that in the end we will fly and people of Indonesia in a calm atmosphere and do not cause the anxiety like today," 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.