Black box, human remains found at Indonesia plane crash site 1 minute read
Jakarta, Jan 10 (efe-epa).- Indonesian rescue teams have located the wreckage of the Sriwijaya airline commercial airliner that crashed into the sea on Saturday with 62 people on board a few minutes after taking off from Jakarta.
A signal from the aircraft’s blackbox was detected and the first human remains from the wreckage were retrieved on Sunday.
“Thank God and the prayers of the Indonesian people we have found the point where the SJ 182 fell and right now the soldiers of the Armed Forces, especially the Navy, are helping Basarnas (the Indonesian search and rescue agency) to recover the wreckage,” Bagus Puruhito, head of Basarnas, said at a press conference in Jakarta.
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Authorities said they know the location of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the Boeing 737-500 that went down in the Java Sea with 62 people on board.
Rescue teams resume search for missing plane in Indonesia
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Rescue teams resume search for missing plane in Indonesia
A joint search and rescue team will comb an area of 96 nautical square miles, as well as a 16 nautical square-mile area under the water
January 10, 2021
Rescue teams in Indonesia resumed their search for the Boeing Co. jet carrying 62 people after uncovering debris that are “strongly suspected” to be part of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182, which has been missing since Saturday afternoon.
Indonesia plane crash: Boeing 737 vanishes over sea
Sun Online Desk
9th January, 2021 08:12:21
A Boeing 737 passenger plane is believed to have crashed into the sea after disappearing from radar and plunging 10,000ft.
The Sriwijaya Air passenger jet lost contact after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta earlier today en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
It had more than 60 people on board - including 10 children.
Photos show rescue workers pulling debris from the water in a desperate search for survivors.
The Indonesia rescue agency confirmed suspected debris of the flight had been found.
No radio beacon signal had been detected, the agency said.