Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft Search Operation Extended 3 Days
JAKARTA - Kabasarnas Air Marshal TNI Bagus Puruhito announced the extension of the search for the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft for the next three days.
"This afternoon it was decided that the joint SAR operation in the context of searching for or evacuating Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 victims I extended three days," said Bagus during a press conference at JICT 2 Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, January 15.
Basarnas together with the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) and related officials previously held a meeting to discuss the possibility of extending SAR operations to evacuate victims and debris from the plane that crashed on Saturday, January 9.
After considering the various possibilities and situations, Basarnas decided to extend the search and rescue operation for the next three days until Monday, 18 January.
"I repeat, I will extend it three days. That means until Monday (18/1). This means that after that we re-evaluate it and decide what to do next," said Bagus Puruhito.
Meanwhile, to focus on the search for the Sriwijaya SJ-182 aircraft on the seventh day on Friday, January 15, Basarnas Operations Director Brigadier General TNI (Mar) Rasman MS said the joint SAR team would still concentrate on evacuating victims and a cockpit voice recorder ( CVR).
"Likewise with debris. That will remain the focus of the search for today," he said.
The Sriwijaya Air aircraft with registration number PK-CLC with flight number SJ-182 on the Jakarta-Pontianak route lost contact on Saturday, January 9 at 14:40 WIB and crashed in the waters between Lancang Island and Male Island, Thousand Islands, DKI Jakarta.
The Boeing 737-500 aircraft lost contact at a position 11 nautical miles north of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang after passing an altitude of 11,000 feet and while increasing its altitude at 13,000 feet.
A flight data recorder (FDR) was found in the waters of the Thousand Islands on Tuesday, January 12. However, as of noon today, Friday (15/1), the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) has not been found.