JAKARTA - The fall of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane still leaves grief in the community. Recently, netizens were shocked with an SOS sign, which is located on Male Island, Thousand Islands.
Citizens shared a screenshot of Google Maps from the SOS point on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. They linked it to the possibility of survivors from the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 incident which fell on January 9.
Why is there an alarm? Somebody save them 😠#pulaulaki #sos #sosgoogle #pulaulakiindonesia pic.twitter.com/2R7aw1lPAa
- 🦋 (@nananaganukite) January 19, 2021
"What is currently being discussed in the social media, maybe the Basarnas team or related parties can help explain or explain why on Male Island there is a #SOS signal until now. Does it have something to do with the incident of the Sriwijaya plane crash," said the @ deni_se16 account.
The location of Male Island itself is the approximate point of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crash. The search and rescue mission for Basarnas is centered around Male Island and Lancang Island.
Unfortunately, from VOI's search when writing Pulau Laki on the Google Maps search page, I couldn't find the SOS sign in question. There is no exclamation mark or SOS statement on the island.
Many also doubt the truth about the SOS sign. The reason could be that the sign was made by someone on a whim.
Indeed, Google does often display SOS Alerts on its digital map service whenever a disaster or accident occurs. The SOS Alert will contain related information and the current situation of the disaster.
"While we cannot guarantee that you will see an SOS Alert for every major crisis, we want to make it more widely available from time to time. SOS Alert makes emergency information more accessible during a crisis," wrote Google on its official website.
Even when the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crashed. The SOS Alert point will read Sriwijaya Air Incident and direct the user with a number of related information, including a telephone number to contact the Sriwijaya Air airline.
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