Sriwijaya Air Location 182 Covered In Cloudy Clouds, Basarnas: Hopefully It Doesn't Disturb The Search

Evacuation of Sriwijaya AIr SJ 182 Aircraft (Photo: Diah / VOI)

JAKARTA - Basarnas Operations Director, Brigadier General Rasman, said that the search for victims and materials for Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 on the tenth day began with unfriendly weather.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency also predicted the weather around the crash site of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182, namely the Thousand Islands, on a cloudy day.

"The weather today seems less friendly. Yes, hopefully it will pass quickly. Although the weather forecast from the BMKG is cloudy, but it looks a bit dark. Hopefully it won't disturb our colleagues who are going to dive today," he said. Rasman at the JICT II Integrated Command Post, North Jakarta, Monday, January 18.

In today's search, the joint SAR team is still searching for aircraft victims, aircraft engine parts, and black boxes with a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) type.

Yesterday, the SAR team found the CVR black box casing. However, the casing was detached from the core material that could dismantle the cause of the crash, namely the memory section.

"We are waiting. Hopefully our friends can find the casing today. Our hope is like that," said Rasman.

Furthermore, today is the last day of the search for the SAR team, after being extended for 3 days. Rasmany said, today the Head of Basarnas will coordinate with related agencies regarding the consideration that an extension of the search period is still needed or not.

"This evaluation is reported to the Minister of Transportation to determine whether it is extended or not. Let's wait. Whatever the decision, of course there are many considerations that underlie it to be extended or terminated today," Rasman explained.

For information, the total findings of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 SAR operation on the ninth day were 308 body bags containing the victim's body parts, 58 bags of small plane fragments, 54 large pieces of aircraft, FDR black box, and CVR black box casing.