Family Of Sriwijaya Air Victims SJ-182 Going To Flower Sprinkling Location, Basarnas: Accepted, Yes

The Head of Basarnas Air Marshal TNI Bagus Puruhito when meeting the families of the victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crash

JAKARTA - The families of the victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane headed for the flower sowing location in the waters of Lancang Island, Seribu Islands this morning. The flower sowing activity is intended to honor victims of plane crashes.

The family departed from JICT II Pier, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta using the KRI Semarang ship from 06.30 WIB. The trip takes about three hours to the point where the plane crashed.

During the trip, the Head of Basarnas, Marshal Madya TNI Bagus Puruhito, visited the families who were sitting in a row of chairs. Bagus was accompanied by Pangkoarmada I Rear Admiral TNI Abdul Rasyid and representatives from Sriwijaya Air.

When visiting the families one by one, Bagus expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. Bagus asked his family to let the victims of the SJ-182 Sriwijaya Air plane crash.

"We express our condolences, sir. Sincerely, yes. We wish all the best for all," said Bagus on the KRI Semarang, Friday, January 22.

For information, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands on Saturday, January 9. The crash was announced at night. The government and related authorities immediately prepared SAR operations to find the whereabouts of the aircraft.

The SAR team searched for victims and aircraft materials for thirteen days until Thursday, January 21. The closure of the SAR operation on the thirteenth day was decided after going through technical considerations, the findings of the victims, effectiveness, several meetings with the families of the victims, as well as input from elements in the field.

Even though the integrated operation is stopped, the SAR team will continue to search. Further operations will be moved, from previously at the JICT II Command Post, Tanjung Priok, to the post on Lancang Island, Seribu Islands.

Further operations on Lancang Island will be led by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT), with the help of the SAR team from Basarnas, TNI and Polri.

Based on SAR operations from the first to the last day, the SAR team's findings totaled 325 body bags containing body parts. Then, as many as 119 aircraft materials, with details of 68 small bags containing aircraft debris and 55 large aircraft pieces.

Now, the cause of the crash of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft is still being investigated by the NTSC using the FDR black box data analysis that was found on January 12. Currently, the search for the CVR black box is still being carried out in further operations so that the cause of the crash can be revealed immediately.