Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft That Crashed Had A Flight Delay Due To Heavy Rain

ILLUSTRATION / Sriwijaya Air (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft was delayed in departure. The reason was the heavy rain.

Delay due to heavy rain, so there is an elay before boarding, ”said Sriwijaya Air President Director Jefferson Irwin Jauwena at a press conference, Saturday, January 9.

Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft took off at 14:36 WIB. One minute later the plane was at an altitude of 1,700 feet and allowed to rise to an altitude of 29,000 feet following instrument standards

"At 14:40 Sriwijaya did not go to 075 degrees but to the northwest, therefore ATC was asked to report the direction of the plane. Not long after, in a matter of seconds, SJY 182 disappeared from radar, "said Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Saturday, January 9.

There are 50 passengers and 12 crew of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft. Of the total passengers, there are 7 children and 3 babies.

The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) stated that there was no emergency signal emitted by the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) from the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane which crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

"We checked on the ELT on the Sriwijaya 182 plane (SJ182, red) because all of the planes were registered at Basarnas ELT. However, (at the time, red) this incident did not transmit (signal, red)," said Deputy Search Operations. and Basarnas Assistance Major General Bambang Suryo Aji during a press conference broadcast on KompasTV, Saturday, January 9.