The Basudewa Ship Was Deployed After The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Black Box Signal Was Detected

Basarnas searches for Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft that crashed in the Thousand Islands (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Basudewa State Ship was dispatched to the location where the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands. The signal from the black box has been detected, so the search continues.

"So the information we received from the transmit that was received by KRI Rigel, there were two targets that emitted an emergency signal. It is about 150-200 two objects and it is believed to be a black box. But for certainty we must look for it. And that area is in the area where the plane crashed. This afternoon we sent the Basudewa SAR ship carrying tools from the KNKT to help find the black box, ”said Kabasarnas Bagus Puruhito at a press conference at the JICT2 post, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Sunday, January 10.

He emphasized that the search for the black box or black box of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft 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 that divers brought in to make it more accurate, "continued Kabasarnas.

In addition to ensuring the black box search operation continues tonight, Kabasarnas also delivered the findings of the joint team search operation at 19.20 WIB, Sunday, January 10.

"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.