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January 17, 2021
JAKARTA (AP) A team from the United States (US) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has arrived in Indonesia’s capital to join the investigation into the crash of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said yesterday.
The team also comprises representatives from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Boeing and General Electric. They joined personnel from Singapore’s Transportation Safety Investigation Bureau at the search and rescue command centre at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta to see some of the plane debris.
The plane lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Jakarta during heavy rain on January 9. The jet crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 62 people on board.
Singapore investigators in Jakarta to assist with Sriwijaya Air crash January 17, 2021
Navy rescuers find a part of the Sriwijaya Air plane wreckage Saturday. A team from Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is assisting with the probe into the crash. courtesy Twitter
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA A team from Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau is assisting with the probe into the Sriwijaya Air plane crash, said Singapore s Ministry of Transport on Sunday.
The two investigators arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday after Indonesia s National Transportation Safety Committee accepted Singapore s offer to help with the investigation.
Flight SJ182 lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Jakarta during heavy rain on Jan 9. The Boeing 737-500 crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 62 people on board.
The Straits Times
S pore investigators in Jakarta to help air crash probe
Singapore s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau investigators David Lim (at left) and Alexander Leong (far right) were received by staff from Indonesia s National Transportation Safety Committee at the Jakarta airport last Wednesday. PHOTO: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
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