Yontaifib Dive Team Searching Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft Finds KTP In The Name Of Yaman Zai

The ID card in the name of Yaman Zai which was found during the search for victims and the wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft in the waters of the Thousand Islands, Sunday, January 9. (Fauzi / Antara)

JAKARTA - The Search and Rescue (SAR) Divers Team of the Marine Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (Yontaifib) of the Indonesian Navy found an identity card (KTP) in the name of Yaman Zai.

The ID card was carried from under the water along with a small yellow bag in the search for victims and the wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft in the waters of the Thousand Islands, DKI Jakarta.

"That's right, our personnel found the KTP," said Marine Corps Yontaifib I Operations Officer, Marine Captain Heri Supriadi around Lancang Island and Male Island, reported by Antara, Sunday, January 10.

Yaman Zai is not listed in the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 passenger manifest. However, the man was famous when he waited for his wife and three children to arrive at Supadio Airport in Pontianak.

His wife and children are passengers on the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 flight from Jakarta to Pontianak.

Until Sunday evening, dozens of plane debris ranging in size from small to large had been transported from below sea level. Likewise, several parts of the passenger's body are no longer intact.

The Sriwijaya Air plane registered number PK-CLC SJ 182 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 was delayed from the previous flight schedule at 13.35 WIB 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 plane is currently being searched by the National SAR Agency (Basarnas) and the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT). Direct coordination is carried out with various parties, including the Police, TNI and the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta.