Search For Sriwijaya Air SJ182 Black Box Continued Tonight, Divers Bring Additional Equipment

A number of ships searched for Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 aircraft on the Jakarta - Pontianak route which lost contact in the waters of the Thousand Islands, Jakarta, Sunday (10/1/2021) / ANTARA

JAKARTA - The search for the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box will continue tonight. Divers carry additional tools to accurately detect the presence of a black box.

"In the implementation of the operation, KRI Rigel has succeeded in detecting the presence of two pinkers which we believe are black boxes. Why do we believe, because there were only two transmitted emergencies that we caught at that time and until now we have been carrying out a search by diving and adding equipment brought by divers to make it more accurate, "said Kabasarnas Bagus Puruhito in the latest press conference from the JICT2 Post, Tanjung. Priok, North Jakarta, Sunday, January 10

Apart from ensuring that the black box search operation continues tonight, Kabasarnas also shared the findings of the joint team search operation.

"We get 10 bags that contain fragments or pieces of the fuselage. (There are) 16 sections or large pieces of the plane. 10 body bags were part of the victim and 5 pieces of clothing, "continued Bagus.

Regarding the crash of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft, President Joko Widodo expressed his condolences. The plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands on Saturday, January 9.

"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.