Breaking News! Iron Slab Shrapnel Suspectedly Found Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Body

Photo of Ilham Apriyanto

JAKARTA - The joint SAR team's efforts to find the position of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 are starting to bear fruit. This morning, the team managed to find an iron plate and a lump shaped like an alloy wheel from Sriwijaya Air SJ-182.

At 10.00 WIB, Sunday, January 10, 2021, the team managed to find an iron plate floating on the water. Judging from its shape, it is strongly suspected that it came from the fuselage which lost contact.

This metal slab is no bigger than an adult. The fracture of these iron plates is irregular.

The joint SAR team also found iron that resembled the wheels of an airplane. However, the shape is no longer regular. Because on some sides it is no longer smooth, aka damaged as if it had been hit by a strong blow. Check out the photos below from Ilham Apriyanto.

Based on manifest data, the aircraft produced in 1994 carried 62 people consisting of 50 passengers and 12 crew members. Of these, 40 adults, seven children, three babies. Meanwhile, the 12 crew consists of six active crews and six extra crews.

Previously, the Sriwijaya Air plane numbered SJ-182 reportedly lost contact at 14:40 WIB after four minutes of flying leaving Soekarno-Hatta Airport. The plane lost contact while flying over 10,000 feet in less than a minute.

Meanwhile, the President Director of Sriwijaya Air, Jefferson Irwin Jauwena, said the Sriwijaya SJ-182 aircraft was airworthy. "The aircraft is in good health," he said.

He said before the SJ-182 flew, it was declared not to have suffered any damage. Before contact was lost, the Sriwijaya Air aircraft had flown to Pontianak and Pangkalpinang. When flying to Pontianak the second time there should be no problem.

Raga Granada / VOI infographics