JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators have successfully downloaded information from the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea last week, its transport safety agency said on Friday.
Indonesia s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has extended the search for victims of last week s Sriwijaya Air plane crash as well as the aircraft s cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and other materials for another three days, a top official said here on Friday. It was decided that the joint search and rescue (SAR) operation to search for Sriwijaya Air victims will be extended for another three days until Monday, Basarnas chief Bagus Puruhito told reporters. The Boeing 737-500 passenger aircraft with 62 people aboard slammed into the Java Sea on January 9, minutes after take-off from Jakarta en route to Indonesian city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesian authorities have downloaded the flight data recorder (FDR) belonging to the Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into Jakarta waters last week, the National Transportation Safety Committee said on Friday.
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Charles Batlajery has been with Indonesia s Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) since 2005. (Photo: BSG/Andri Adityatama)
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JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuer Charles Batlajery was spending the afternoon with his family last Saturday (Jan 9) when he suddenly received a phone call informing him that a Sriwijaya Air plane had gone missing.
He immediately told his family that he had to go back to his office, the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), and then to Jakarta’s port.