SAR Operation Update: A Total Of 27 Body Bags And 22 Bags Of Material For The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft

JAKARTA - A total of 27 body bags and 22 bags containing materials related to the downing of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft were collected by the joint SAR team in today's search operations.

"Lastly, I reported that there were 18 body bags that were part of the victim's body, today we got 27 bags. Today we get 27 body bags containing human remains," said Kabasarnas Bagus Puruhito at the main command post to search for Sriwijaya Air aircraft. SJ-182 at JICT2, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Monday, January 11.

Search operation today went smoothly with the weather support. The search is focused on victims, aircraft materials including black boxes (black box).

running safely and smoothly the weather is quite supportive and as I said before, the focus of sar operation is focused on the evacuation of victims and simltan followed by the search for blackbox and other materials.

"Then the SAR operation plan tomorrow, even though tonight is still ongoing. We remain focused on evacuating the search for victims and followed by the search for other materials and with the areas we are expanding, "continued Bagus.

This evening, Basarnas sea rider, according to him, will carry bags from the search site for the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 crash.

"Later we will see what is quite a lot," he said.

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 by 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.