Roy Suryo's Analysis Of SOS Signs On Male Island: Clearly Created By A Prankster

SOS sign viral on social media (Twitter @ KRMTRoySuryo2)

JAKARTA - Warganet was shocked by the SOS sign that appeared on Male Island. Many suspect that the point was made by a survivor of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crash.

Even so, not a few also doubt the truth about the SOS sign. The reason could be that the sign was made by someone on a whim.

"After the edited photo of the plane, the sound of the wind that was thought to be screaming and the edits of Merapi broke. Now netizens are excited about the" SOS "sign on Male Island via Google Map. This is clearly a prank," said telematics expert Roy Suryo in a short message to VOI, Wednesday , January 20.

According to him, the location points that appear on Google Maps can be made by someone. The former politician even discovered that the location had changed names before writing SOS.

"I have also checked the history, initially it was written" Tukang satay "then" Wahana anak2 ", just yesterday it was changed to SOS Alert and so on," he said.

For him this kind of fad is not very right to do. Even if it's just looking for a sensation, the SOS sign, which is not far from the location of the Sriwijaya Air plane search, can certainly disrupt the evacuation process.

"In the midst of grief it is good for us to give Asa. However, Asa without logic will cause distress," he added.

As previously reported, Basarnas Operations Director, Brigadier General Rasman, has not received an official report on the SOS sign that appears on Male Island via the Google Maps application. However, because it is viral on social media, the Basarnas team will try to find out the source of the SOS sign.

"Until now, I have not received the information, I have not received the data. For the SOS sign, we will try to explore it according to the information given earlier," said Rasman at the JICT II Integrated Command Post, North Jakarta.

Rasman said he was reluctant to speculate about the possibility of a Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 passenger who was still alive based on the SOS sign that appeared.

Moreover, he said, the sign could have been made by one of the SAR teams who were on duty to search for victims and materials from the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed on Saturday, January 9.

Indeed, Google does often display SOS Alerts on its digital map service whenever a disaster or accident occurs. The SOS Alert will contain related information and the current situation of the disaster.

Even when the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crashed. The SOS Alert point will read Sriwijaya Air Incident and direct the user with a number of related information, including a telephone number to contact the Sriwijaya Air airline.