JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo expressed his deep condolences for the crash of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route in the Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
"On behalf of the government and all Indonesian people, I would like to express my deep condolences for this tragedy," said Jokowi as quoted from the Presidential Secretariat YouTube channel, Sunday, January 10.
He has also ordered the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya and the Head of Basarnas to Marshal Madya TNI Bagus Puruhito, who is assisted by the TNI and Polri, to carry out search and rescue operations as quickly as possible to the victims.
Jokowi also prayed that the search team would find and rescue victims.
"We are doing our best to find and rescue victims. And we pray together, so that the victims can be found," he said.
In addition, Jokowi asked the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) to conduct an investigation into this disaster.
"And I have also conveyed to the KNKT to conduct studies, investigate this tragedy," said Jokowi.
Previously, the Sriwijaya Air aircraft PK-CLC registration number SJ182 for the Jakarta-Pontianak route lost contact on Saturday, January 9, at 14:40 WIB and crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands between Lancang Island and Laki Island.
The Boeing 737-500 aircraft lost contact at a position 11 nautical miles north of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang after passing an altitude of 11,000 feet and at the time of increasing its altitude at 13,000 feet.
The plane took off from Soekarno Hatta Airport at 14.36 WIB. The schedule is delayed from the previous flight schedule at 13.35 WIB. Departure delays due to weather factors.
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.
The existence of the aircraft is currently under investigation and search by the National SAR Agency (Basarnas) and the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC). Direct coordination is carried out with various parties, including the Police, TNI and the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta.
A number of naval fleets belonging to the TNI were deployed, about 10 ships deployed to the location where the plane allegedly crashed between Male Island and Lancang Island, Thousand Islands, DKI Jakarta.
Among the Indonesian Navy ships that were deployed, namely the KRI Teluk Gilimanuk-531 carrying SAR crews and also media crews. Then KRI Rigel-933 belongs to the Indonesian Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center (Pushidrosal).
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