Sriwijaya plane crash: Police divers join search, rescue operation 12th January 2021
The cockpit voice and flight data recorders of the Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182, which was carrying 50 passengers and 12 crew members, were retrieved at 4 p.m. local time on Tuesday. They were retrieved by the Indonesian Navy s divers and handed over to KNKT officials. (ANTARA/Fianda Sjofjan Rassat)
This is a tragedy. Hence, in my opinion, we will continue to improve the maintenance of our aircraft Jakarta (ANTARA) - Divers from the National Police’s Water Police Unit (Polair) have joined the search and rescue operation for the Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182, which crashed into the ocean near Jakarta on January 9, 2021.
Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) confirmed it has received the crashed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182's flight data .
Minister Sumadi asked to coordinate search for plane crash victims 12th January 2021
Transportation Minister, Budi Karya Sumadi, meets families of the victims of the Sriwijaya plane crash at Terminal 2D of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on January 11, 2021. (ANTARA/HO-Kemenhub/aa) (Handout Kementian Perhubungan)
We, along with the military chief, police chief, Jakarta Metropolitan Police chief, Jakarta regional military command chief, naval chief of staff, chief of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), chief of the National Committee for Transpor Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi to coordinate the search for the victims and the black box of the crashed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 with immediate effect.
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Members of the National Transportation Safety Committee carry a box containing the flight data recorder of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 retrieved from the Java Sea where the passenger jet crashed at the Tanjung Priok Port, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Indonesian navy divers searching the ocean floor on Tuesday recovered the flight data recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board, Saturday (Jan 9, 2021). - AP JAKARTA, Jan 12 (Xinhua): Divers on Tuesday retrieved a flight data recorder (FDR), also known as the black box, of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plane that plunged into the water off the coast of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday, Indonesian Military Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto said.
Indonesian Navy members take pictures of a part of the retrieved black box of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, which crashed into the sea off the Jakarta coast, in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 12, 2021. RE