January 10, 2021
Divers pulled parts of the plane and human remains from the Java Sea crash site of the Boeing 737-500.
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Rescuers have located parts of a downed Indonesian passenger jet in the Java Sea a day after its crash, finding the aircraft s black boxes and communications data.
Search and rescue operations pulled parts of the Boeing 737-500 along with human remains from the crash site. A navy ship s sonar system detected the jet s black box emergency signal coming from 75 feet below the surface.
Now Indonesia s National Search and Rescue Agency is hoping to lift the flight recorder to determine the cause of the crash.
Sriwijaya Air plane crashes in waters off Jakarta: Report ANI | Updated: Jan 09, 2021 17:55 IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 9 (ANI): The passenger plane of Indonesia s Sriwijaya Air, that lost contact soon after the takeoff, has crashed in water not far from Jakarta on Saturday, Xinhua reported citing local TV.
Human body parts and debris of the plane were found, Captain EKo Surya Hadi, commander of Trisula coast guard ship. The flight was carrying 59 passengers, including six children, reported Indonesian newspaper Republika.
Earlier it was reported, Indonesia s Sriwijaya Air lost contact with a Boeing 737-500.
The plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport.
It was heading to Pontianak, the provincial capital of West Kalimantan. (ANI)
Rescue agency Basarnas said it would send a team to the Thousand Islands area to help in the search for victims after the crash of Sriwijaya Air SJ 182.
A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said.
Updated Jan 09, 2021 | 20:17 IST
In an official statement, Sriwijaya Air said that it is still gathering more detailed information regarding the flight before it can make any statement. Sriwijaya Air plane | Photo Credit: Representative Image
Key Highlights
The plane dropped over 3,000 metres in under 60 seconds, barely four minutes after taking from Jakarta
Authorities have launched a search and rescue operation
Jakarta: A Sriwijaya Air plane lost contact soon after taking off from Indonesia s Jakarta on Saturday. The plane was en route to Pontianak, West Kalimantan province. Rescuers said suspected debris had been found in the sea off the city.
The Sriwijaya Air flight SJY 182 was carrying 50 passengers, including five children and a baby, and 12 crew members.