When 2021 Opens With The Crash Of The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft

Illustration - Sriwijaya Air Plane. (Photo: Instagram @sriwijayaiar)

JAKARTA - There are more disasters besides the pandemic period that have not ended in early 2021, namely the crash of the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane in the Thousand Islands.

The wheels of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane left the Soekarno-Hatta Airport runway on Saturday, January 9 at 14:36 WIB. Four minutes later, all changed.

At 14:36 WIB, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport. At 14:37 WIB, the Boeing B737-500 was at an altitude of 1,700 feet. And still allowed to ascend to an altitude of 29,000 feet.

14:40 WIB marked the start of the tragedy. 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.

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.

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 aircraft. The absence of this signal raises questions and checks will be made.

"When the lost contact plane at our Puskodal is above (ELT, red) it will emit a signal. It indicates a crash on the plane. But this does not transmit," said Deputy for Search and Relief Operations at Basarnas Maj. Gen. Bambang Suryo Aji.

The news about the loss of this aircraft, continued Bambang, was actually obtained from AirNav. "In fact, we received information from AirNav that there was a lost contact that occurred for so many hours," he said.

Basarnas has moved 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.

"The maximum depth on Lancang Island and Male Island is around 20-23 meters. We don't know exactly where the position is," said Bambang.

The Indonesian Navy helps to Search and Resque (SAR) the missing Sriwijaya Air aircraft. It was stated that there were a number of ships deployed, such as the KRI Teluk Gili Manuk complete with the Kopaska Team, KRI Kurau, KRI Parang, KRI Teluk Cirebon, KRI Tjiptadi, KRI KRI Cucut-866, KRI Tengiri. In addition, the Indonesian Navy also deployed two Sea Rider Kopaska and two tugboats, namely TD. Galunggung and Malabar.

Bambang continued, there were fishermen who found a number of pieces allegedly from the Sriwijaya Air SJ182 plane that crashed around the Thousand Islands. These debris are being studied to determine whether they are related to the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed.

"Several pieces were found that were suspected. We still have not confirmed that the goods came from the Sriwijaya aircraft, now it is on our ship and we will pull it, we open a post at JICT2, "he said.

Aircraft engines have no problem

Sriwijaya Air President Director Jefferson Irwin Jauwena said the plane with flight code SJ-182 which crashed around the Thousand Islands was in good health and had no problems.

"If the plane is in good health, previously going back and forth to Pontianak and there should be no problem. The reports from maintenance are all smooth," Jefferson said in a press conference at Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

He admitted that there was a delay or delay that occurred for 30 minutes before the flight, but it was not caused by a malfunction of the aircraft engine. This delay occurred due to bad weather on the flight route to be traversed.

"Delay due to heavy rain. That's why it comes before boarding," he said.

Sriwijaya Air provides assistance to passenger families

There were 50 passengers and 12 crew of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the Thousand Islands. Of the total passengers, there are 7 children and 3 babies.

Jefferson Irwin Jauwena said that his party would provide the maximum possible assistance to the families of SJ 812 passengers which crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

"We will provide the best possible assistance to the family," said Jefferson.

As a measure to fulfill this, Jefferson said that his party had prepared two posts at Supadio Airport Pontianak and at the Sriwijaya Air Office. This post serves passenger families who want to find information.

The families of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 passengers were also asked to prepare antemortem data. This data includes primary data such as fingerprints, dental data and secondary data, namely information on the clothes most recently used by Sriwjaya Air SJ-182 passengers.