The Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 62 people crashed into the Java Sea, losing contact with air-traffic controllers and disappearing from radar minutes after taking off from Jakarta.
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.
“Suspected debris” has been found in waters close to Jakarta after officials lost contact with a Boeing 737 near the Indonesian capital, prompting fears for the lives of the 62 people onboard the domestic flight. Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 departed Jakarta for Pontianak on the island of Borneo at 2.36pm (7.36am GMT) but went missing over the Java Sea just minutes after take-off, dropping less than 10,000 feet in a minute, according to.