4 Minutes Of Crunch Of The Crash Of The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Airplane

Illustration of an airplane in flight (VOI dock photo)

JAKARTA - The wheels of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft left the Soekarno-Hatta Airport runway at 14.36 WIB. There is no feeling whatsoever. But four minutes later, all changed. Feelings of fear and worry enveloped all ATC personnel.

Four minutes after taking off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 suddenly lost contact with the control tower. These are the four most important minutes of the Sriwjaya Air SJ-182 tragedy. This explanation was revealed by the Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya.

Minutes per minute 14.36 WIB

Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

14.37 WIB

This Boeing B737-500 sits at an altitude of 1,700 feet. And still allowed to ascend to an altitude of 29,000 feet.

14.40

This is where the tragedy begins. The Sriwijaya Air aircraft with a wingspan of 28.9 meters is not moving towards 0.75 degrees. In fact, to the northwest. ATC was asked to report the direction of the aircraft.

"Not long after, within seconds, the SJ-182 disappeared from the radar,"

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya

The plane was carrying 50 passengers consisting of 43 adults, 7 children, 3 babies. While the crew itself numbered 6 people.

Aircraft search process

It is not an easy matter to find the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft. Basarnas has difficulty in visibility or visibility. Moreover, the incident of Sriwijaya Air's loss of contact was reported to have started late in the afternoon and the search process for entry at night.

"We will continue to do our best," said Bambang Suryo Aji, Deputy for Operations and Preparedness at Basarnas.

The mystery of Sriwijaya Air's emergency signal

Other information regarding the crash of this aircraft is that there is no emergency signal emitted by the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) from Sriwijaya Air SJ-182.

"We checked on the ELT on the Sriwijaya 182 plane (SJ182, red) because all the planes were registered at Basarnas ELT. However, (at the time, red) this incident did not transmit (signal, red)," said Bambang.

"This is what we need to check later, why not emit. Usually it will emit," he said.

"When the plane lost contact in our Puskodal above (ELT, red) it will emit a signal. That indicates a crash against the plane. But it does not transmit," he added.