The Government Promises To Keep Searching For Victims Of The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft Even Though The Black Box Is Found

Black box or black box of Sriwijaya Air Sj-182 aircraft found (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Yesterday, one of the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft, a flight data recorder (FDR) type, was found. The black box found by the Indonesian Navy's divers team was found on Monday, January 12 at 16:40 WIB.

The black box is put in a box and contains brownish water. Then taken by Sea Rider by several divers, including Kopaska and Dislambair.

Another black box that has not been found is the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). This tool contains conversations between the pilot and the crew and the control tower before the plane crashes.

TNI Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said the CVR black box had been separated from the ping locater or transmitter signal that could be detected its location. However, Hadi is optimistic that CVR will be found in the near future.

"CVR still needs to be searched without the assistance of these beacons. However, we believe that all the beacons in the cockpit voice were found in the vicinity with high confidence so the cockpit voice will be found," said Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto at the JICT 2 Integrated Command Post, Tanjung Priok, Jakarta. North, Tuesday, January 12.

Even though the SAR team was aggressively finding a tool that could uncover the cause of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crash, the Head of Basarnas Marshal Madya Bagus Puruhito said the aircraft evacuation process did not stop with the discovery of black boxes.

Bagus said, the search will continue to be carried out to find victims and plane debris that are still on the seabed of the Thousand Islands.

"The evacuation has not yet been completed, but there are still victims and body parts. Of course in the future we will continue to search in that location," said Bagus.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi also promised that the SAR team would continue to take steps to speed up the search for Sriwijaya Air SJ-189, as well as the rights of the victims.

"Handling must be fast to get the black box, as well as the bodies of the victims, and pieces of the plane. Second, insurance and the rights of the victims are in accordance with applicable regulations," said Budi.

The FDR began to be analyzed

The National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) took the FDR to its office for analysis. The head of the NTSC Soerjanto Tjahjono revealed that the initial stage of the research was downloading the recorded data in FDR for the next five days.

"We ask for prayers from everyone so that the data download can run smoothly. We need 2 to 5 days whether this data can be read or not, later we will convey it. If the data is successful we open it and what its contents are and we will convey the outline, "said Soerjanto.

The NTSC had previously carried out a temporary analysis regarding the downing of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft. The KNKT collects radar data (ADS-B) from Perum LPPNPI (Airnav Indonesia). From this data, it was recorded that the plane was airborne at 14:36 WIB, flew towards the northwest and at 14:40 WIB the plane reached an altitude of 10,900 feet.

When it experienced a flight stall or malfunction, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft began to descend. The latest data on the aircraft that can be recorded stopped at an altitude of 250 feet or about 76 meters.

"Data recorded up to 250 feet indicates that the aircraft system is still functioning and capable of transmitting data. From this data we suspect that the engine was on before the plane hit the water," said Soerjanto.

Then, based on other field data obtained by the NTSC and KRI Rigel, the wreckage distribution is 100 meters wide and 300-400 meters long.

"This wide distribution is consistent with the assumption that the aircraft did not experience an explosion before hitting the water," said Soerjanto.

The findings of aircraft parts that have been collected by Basarnas, one of which is the engine part, namely a turbine disc with a damaged fan blade.

"The damage to the fan blade indicates that the engine was still working during the collision. This is in line with the suspicion that the aircraft system is still functioning up to the aircraft at an altitude of 250 feet," he said.