The Story Of The Navy's Elite Forces Dives Many Times When The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Black Box Signal Was Detected

Fragments of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft collected at the JICT 2 post (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Efforts to search for black boxes and victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the Thousand Islands are continuing. The Indonesian Navy's elite troops made several dives when a black box signal was detected by technology on the Rigel 933 ship.

"For the position of the black box, at 11 o'clock on KRI Rigel, it is visible on the sonar detection radar monitor. There are indeed two positions marked, 1,000 meters in front of the bow of KRI Rigel, ”said Marine Colonel Johan Wahyudi, Dansatgas Kopaska, in an interview quoted from a Kompas TV broadcast, Sunday, January 10.

After this detection, the team of divers got ready. At around 15.00 WIB, the team received a pinger locator from the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT). The team first received a briefing on its use.

"We are heading to the determined position, in front of 1,000 meters, fitting the position we lowered (the diver). If the monitor screen is 1,000 meters away, there is nothing there. Going to the top of the second diver did not get anything, we are briefing, ”continued Johan.

After that the dive team was again deployed. The location of the dive is in the finding of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route.

"There is a signal, but all around us the sound of all the tap-tap because of the rainy cloudy weather and the limited visibility below we raise again (divers)," he continued.

At around 16.45 WIB, the divers also got back down. But the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box has not been found.

"Everything is around the same tick (sound signal). At 17.25 WIB, we went up to the surface and moved closer to Rigel and headed to the post. We still could not get CVR and FDR, "said Johan.

The team then coordinated with the KRI operator. Rigel. According to the operator Johan, the position detected by the black box signal cannot be confirmed as the exact location of the black box.

"So this is only a presumed position but the area will not be far from there. If (the diver) gets off in the marked area, it may not be there, but in the area around it, we will look around that tomorrow, "said Johan.

Black Box Search Scheme

JAKARTA - Basarnas has prepared a scheme to search for black boxes and victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the Thousand Islands. Divers will be divided into the search to be carried out Monday, January 11 morning.

"From Basarnas, there are 30 divers and assisted by the Navy, Kopaska, Marines, Denjaka, a total of 150 personnel are assisted by volunteers. (So) there are approximately 200 in the field, ”said Basarnas Deputy for Operations, Relief and Preparedness, Bambang Suryo Aji, as quoted from Metro TV broadcast, Sunday, January 10.

The plan is to dive for the black box search operation and the victims of the Sriwijaya Air plane for the Jakarta-Pontianak route which crashed on Saturday, January 9 at noon, starting around 07.00-08.00 WIB.

"We will be briefing the joint SAR team to give an explanation and the division of their working areas," he said.

This search will be carried out through air monitoring and diving. Basarnas has detected the coordinates of the alleged Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box.

"The alleged position of the black box is in the coordinates of about 5 degrees-57 minutes-52 seconds south latitude and 106 degrees-34 minutes-37 seconds Southeast. We will further deepen it, tomorrow we will be even sharper, both deployed by divers and the NTSC team working together with the joint team to explore black box points, "continued Bambang.

The divers who are specifically tasked with finding the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box will carry a pinger locater. The black box position will be analyzed if you need special tools to take it.

"The search is now being carried out using the current equipment being carried out using a multibeam echosounder sonar device to confirm the situation below, and ensure the position of the black box must be visually with the ROV. For blackbox retrieval, just a pinger locator that catches the signal so that with the signal emission we can get close, "said Bambang.

Previously Kabasarnas Bagus Puruhito in Jakarta presented 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 are part of the victim and 5 pieces of clothing, ”said Bagus at the JICT2 post, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Sunday, January 10.

Kabasarnas ensured that the search for victims and the black box operation of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 lasted 24 hours. For tomorrow, the search will expand to the coast.

"Our plan for tomorrow is that we are still carrying out operations in the same area with the sea level and subsurface methods by slightly expanding the search area to add to the coast because of the ocean currents towards the coast," Kabasarnas Bagus said in a recent press conference at the JICT2 post, Tanjung Priok, Jakarta. , Sunday, January 10.