Story 2 Passenger Sriwijaya Air SJ-182, 'Congratulations' Due To The High Price Of The Swab Test

JAKARTA - Paulus Yulius Kollo (24) and Indra Wibowo (21) were two passengers on the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft. They canceled boarding the plane because of the high price of the swab test and chose sea transportation to go to Pontianak.

"We both were supposed to be on the Sriwijaya Air plane, but it was canceled because the cost of the swab test was expensive, for three days the result was IDR 1.3 million, while for six hours the result was IDR 2.6 million, so the company told us to chose to ride KM Lawit which happened to be on Tuesday afternoon (8/1), "said Paulus Yulius Kullo in Pontianak, Tuesday, January 12 as quoted by Antara.

Paulus is a resident of Noelbaki Village, East Kupang District, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) and Indra Wibowo (21) from Southeast Aceh.

Both of them did not cancel the Sriwijaya Air airline, so they were still registered in the manifest for the passenger of the plane that had the ill-fated incident on Saturday, January 9.

During the trip using KM Lawit, both of them admitted that they did not know Sriwijaya Air's initiative because there was no signal.

"When KM Lawit was at the mouth of a river near Pontianak, I also got a phone notification from my parents in Kupang, because I was worried that I then contacted them, that's when it was discovered that the plane I was supposed to be riding in had an accident,"

"Actually six of us, four of us went straight to Pontianak, while Indra and my friend were detained because they only included the antigen test, while the West Kalimantan Provincial Government required a swab test, so the flight schedule was changed to January 9, 2021, because the cost of the swab test was expensive, so the office advised us. using KM Lawit which departed, Friday afternoon (8/1), "said Paulus.