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.
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January 9, 2021
Indonesian transportation officials said the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers 44 minutes after taking off from Jakarta.
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An Indonesian passenger jet carrying 62 people on board has gone missing over the Java Sea.
The airline, Sriwijaya Air, said the plane was on a 90 minute flight from Jakarta to Pontianak when it disappeared.
An Indonesian Transportation spokesperson said the plane, a Boeing 737, took off from Jakarta at 1:56 p.m. and lost contact with the tower at 2:40.
Footage shows family and friends hugging and crying as the passengers waited for the plane to arrive. Local media reported that fishermen found metal objects - believed to be part of the missing jet.
Indonesian divers find parts of plane wreckage in Java Sea By Associated Press | January 9, 2021 at 5:46 AM CST - Updated January 10 at 5:57 AM
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) â Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesiaâs capital.
The head of Indonesiaâs National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito, said officials believe they identified the location of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder â the so-called black boxes â because emergency signals transmitted by the devices were detected by a navy shipâs sonar system.