JAKARTA - Mainir I's Reconnaissance Battalion (Yontaifib) Search and rescue (SAR) team used a remotely operated vehicle / ROV to search for debris and record the pilot's conversation in the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft.
"ROV is an underwater robot or underwater drone that is operated using a controller with a depth of 305 meters and a speed of 2.5 knots equipped with a 4K quality camera," said Yontaifib I Marine Commander, Mohammad Abdilah in Seribu Islands Waters, quoted by Antara, Friday, January 15th.
The search on the seventh day was assisted by the ROV to see if there were any objects below in the hope that aircraft debris or CVR could be seen.
In addition, the search was carried out above the surface of the water by fielding eight divers.
Abdilah explained that the depth of the sea at the dive site is estimated to be 15-20 meters. However, that does not make the search easier.
Until the seventh day of operation, the component of the pilot's conversation recording with the co-pilot or CVR had not been found.
Earlier, on Tuesday, January 12 evening, one part of the black box, namely the Flight Data Recorder (FDR), was found by a team of divers from the Indonesian Navy (AL).
Basarnas extends the search period for victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane crash which crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands until January 18, 2021.
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