Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 SAR Operation: 2 Bags Of Victim's Body Parts And 3 Pieces Of Aircraft

A pocket bag related to the joint SAR operation at the JICT2 Jakarta post (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of Basarnas Marshal Madya Bagus Puruhito said that the search for the joint SAR team on the day found five finds consisting of 2 body bags containing the victim's body parts and 3 aircraft materials.

"For today we have only obtained two body bags, two small pieces of fuselage, and one large piece of aircraft parts," said Bagus at the JICT II Integrated Command Post, North Jakarta, Monday, January 18.

So, the total findings of the SAR team until the sixth day were 310 body bags containing body parts. Then, there are 115 aircraft materials, with details of 60 small bags containing aircraft debris and 55 large aircraft pieces.

Bagus said, the weather conditions in the waters of the Thousand Islands were not good. Overcast clouds enveloped since morning. The dive team, he said, had carried out a search operation when the weather was getting clear. However, the weather got worse again during the day.

"Even though the weather today is bad, the joint SAR team is still enthusiastic about carrying out the search operation as much as possible," said Bagus.

Until now, the SAR team has not found the crash survivable memory unit (CSMU) from the black box with the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) type. CSMU is the core memory that records the conversation between the pilot and the copilot before the plane crashes.

Meanwhile, a black box with a flight data recorder (FDR) type was found on January 12. Currently, the FDR is being researched by the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC).

Yesterday, the SAR team also found a 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.

Thus, Basarnas decided to again extend the search period for victims and materials of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft for the next three days.

"After considering various things, earlier we had a meeting with the Ministry of Transportation, KNKT, DVI, and related parties, so that our SAR operation will be extended for another three days," he said.

It is known that the SAR team's operating period refers to the provisions of Law Number 29 of 2014 concerning Search and Rescue, which states that the search for victims will last for seven days and can be extended.

SAR operations started from January 9 to January 14. Then, it was extended to January 18 and again to January 21.