One Underwater Detection Ship Added In Search For Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Black Box Today

Press conference regarding the search for the wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Basarnas Operations Director, Brigadier General TNI (Mar) Rasman, said there was an additional defense equipment, namely the Baruna Jaya Research Ship (KR) to help search for victims, aircraft materials, and the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 black box today.

KR Baruna Jaya is owned by the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT). KR Baruna Jaya has equipment that can help carry out search and rescue (SAR). This ship once found the flight data recorder (FDR) black box Lion Air JT-610.

Rasman said that the Baruna Jaya Ship that will be deployed is capable of detecting underwater objects. With the addition of one ship, the total number of defense equipment deployed will be 54 units.

"If yesterday there were 53 ships, today there were reinforcements to 54 defense equipment involved. If I'm not mistaken, the addition of KR will be added to strengthen underwater detection," said Rasman at the JICT 2 Integrated Command Post, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Tuesday, January 11. .

Then, Rasman said the team also deployed 13 air defense equipment. Plus mobility boats such as ribs, jetski, rubber boats, and about 20 sea riders. On the ground, there were 22 ambulances on alert.

On this day, the number of SAR operation teams deployed is 3,600 people. This figure is an increase of 1,000 people from the number of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 search personnel on Monday, January 10 yesterday morning.

"The potential involved around 3,600 people with all their duties and functions, and indeed we still focus on LKP (last known position) for search and help," he explained.

As of this morning, as many as 74 bags containing body parts of victims or body parts have been found, 16 bags containing small plane fragments, and 24 large aircraft that have been brought to the JICT 2 Integrated Command Post.

When there is a discovery of plane debris, Basarnas will hand it over to the National Transportation Safety Committee. Meanwhile, pieces of the victim's body or property were handed over to the National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team for identification.