Seribu Islands Regent: Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 Plane Crashed In The Waters Of Male Island

Joint officers evacuate cable fragments allegedly belonging to the Sriwajaya Air SJY 182 aircraft on Male Island, Thousand Islands (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Regent of Seribu Islands, Junaedi, said that the Sriwijaya Air plane crashed in the waters around Male Island, Tidung Island Village, South Thousand Islands on Saturday.

"Info from the fishermen of the bubu, saw that there were objects falling in the sea around the waters of Lancang Island and Male Island, the vibration of the plane crashing to the Lancang Island settlement," said Junaedi, who was conveyed by the Thousand Islands Kominfotic in Jakarta, Saturday afternoon, as quoted by Antara, Saturday, January 9.

Junaedi revealed that he received information that the plane allegedly crashed at around 14.30 WIB, then a joint team from the Pari Island, Banbinsa, Damkar, Satpol SAR team assisted by fishermen combing around Lancang Island and Male Island.

Meanwhile, the Head of Pari Island, Mahtum, added that the joint team had found pieces of the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed in the waters of Male Island.

"The fragments of the plane have been found. Until now, joint officers are still searching for victims of Sriwijaya Air passengers," said Mahtum.

Previously, the Ministry of Transportation confirmed that the Sriwijaya Air plane for the Jakarta-Pontianak route with flight number SJY 182 lost contact at 14:40 WIB.

"There has been a lost contact for the Sriwijaya aircraft on the route from Jakarta to Pontianak with the SJY 182 call sign. The last contact was at 14:40 WIB," said the Director General of Air Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation, Novie Riyanto.

Novie said that he is currently under investigation and is being coordinated with the National SAR Agency (Basarnas) and the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT).

"We will provide further information if there are other developments," he said.

The plane with the PK CLC registration number Boeing 737-500 lost contact at a position 11 nautical miles north of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang after passing an altitude of 11,000 feet and at the time of increasing the altitude to 13,000 feet.