Kominfo Ensures No Frequency Interference When The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Aircraft Is Airing

Illustration of Sriwijaya Air aircraft (Panji Anggoro / Jetphotos)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Communication and Informatics (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate confirmed that there was no frequency interference when the Sriwijaya Air plane with flight number SJ-182 was on the air. Including rumors of missing aircraft distress signal around Soekarno-Hatta Airport area.

"The monitoring results on the current danger frequency clear that there are no harmful interference, no harmful interference," said Johnny, in an official statement from the Ministry of Communication and Information, Monday, January 11.

He expressed this after doing priority monitoring with Airnav during Christmas and New Year on the flight band (network / frequency). During that period, no adverse disturbances were identified.

Including when the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 flight on the Jakarta-Pontianak route, lost contact on Saturday 14:40 WIB. It is known that the plane lost contact four minutes after taking off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

"As long as the joint post has no interference on the flight band, the flight frequency from January 1 to January 9, 2021 at 18.09 WIB is still clear and there are no harmful interference," Johnny explained.

Furthermore, Johnny has also asked the Technical Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology's Directorate General of Resources and Equipment of Post and Information Technology in Jakarta, Banten and Pontianak to continue to monitor flight frequencies.

The Ministry of Communication and Information supports radio frequency monitoring for the needs of the efforts of the Ministry of Transportation, Basarnas, KNKT, and TNI-Polri, which are currently focused on the search for the Sriwijaya SJ-182 Aircraft.