Explanation By The TNI Commander In Response To What Happened After 4 Crucial Minutes Of SJ-182 In The Air

The SAR Team from the Navy Marines found the wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane (Photo Ilham Apriyanto)

JAKARTA - That hope ran aground. Sriwijaya Air SJ-182, the Jakarta-Pontianak flight route, is confirmed to crash into the ocean. The SJ-182 crashed after passing the most crucial four minutes after taking off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

"We have found the point where the SJ-182 fell and currently all TNI soldiers are already on site, especially from the Indonesian Navy supporting Basarnas," said TNI Commander Hadi. The TNI deployed many defense equipment to help search for victims and debris. One of them is KRI Rigel.

Since this morning, the joint SAR Team has indeed jumped into the search for traces of SJ-182. Enough evidence has been found. Starting from small pieces of fuselage, body pieces to pink children's clothes.

Especially for large parts of the aircraft, the TNI together with Basarnas will deploy larger equipment.

"The Indonesian Navy together with Basarnas took SJ 182 pieces. We took the small parts, the large parts we will bring in a crane to lift the parts," he said.

The SAR Team from the Navy Marines found the wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane (Photo Ilham Apriyanto)

Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 registered with PK-CLC, Boeing 737-500 type lost contact on January 9, 2021 at 14:40 WIB. In fact, SJ-182 had only just taken off four minutes from Soekarno-Hatta.

At 14:36 WIB, Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport. At 14:37 WIB, the Boeing B737-500 was at an altitude of 1,700 feet. But at 14:40 WIB, the Sriwijaya Air plane headed to the Northwest. In just seconds, the SJ-182 disappeared from radar.

Sriwijaya Air has six active crew members. Other passenger details are; 40 adults, seven children, three babies and six Sriwijaya Air crew were passengers.

The hope of knowing the cause of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 crash should be faster. KNKT already knows the position of the black box.

"... the search will be carried out soon, hopefully it will not take too long. We are concentrating on looking for black boxes and evaluating," said Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) Soerjanto.