Visibility Becomes Obstacle To Search For Sriwijaya SJ 182 Plane Falls In The Thousand Islands

ILLUSTRATION / Sriwijaya Air / ANTARA

JAKARTA - Basarnas is already moving in the area where the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane crashed in the Thousand Islands. The plane allegedly crashed in the waters between Lancang Island and Male Island.

"Tonight, our concept is looking for a location where exactly the plane might fall in the hope that after tonight we can find a definite location, tomorrow morning we will conduct a search and deepen," said Deputy for Operations and Preparedness of Basarnas, Major General TNI Bambang Suryo Aji in a press conference on Saturday. , January 9.

The depth of the waters in Lancang Island and Male Island, Thousand Islands is about 20-23 meters. Basarnas is still looking for the coordinates of the Sriwijaya Air plane for the Jakarta-Pontianak route.

“The maximum depth on Lancang Island and Male Island is around 20-23 meters. We don't know exactly where the position is. Currently our personnel are already in the field and have found some parts of the plane and the obstacle we face is visibility due to nighttime. But tonight we will do our best, if tonight we find the coordinates of the crash, tomorrow morning we will do a search, "he continued.