Basarnas collects 40 body bags from Sriwijaya plane crash site 11th January 2021
The findings of Basarnas on the Sriwijaya Air plane crash victims were revealed at a press conference attended by Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives, Azis Syamsuddin and Rachmat Gobel, at the JICT Tanjung Priok dock in Jakarta on Monday (January 11, 2021). (ANTARA / Devi Nindy) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has collected 40 body bags from the Sriwijaya Air plane crash site in the waters off the Thousand Islands as of Monday, the third day of search and rescue efforts. The 18 body bags that we have found have increased by 22 today [January 11, 2020]. So, in total, we have collected 40 body bags, Basarnas Head Marshal, Madya Bagus Puruhito, said at the JICT II Tanjung Priok dock in Jakarta on Monday.
Indonesian navy divers are scouring the floor of the Java Sea as they hunt for the black boxes of a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the waters at high.
Indonesian Divers Find Parts of Wrecked Boeing Plane in Java Sea
On Jan. 10, Indonesian Navy divers pull out airplane pieces during a search for the Sriwijaya Air passenger plane that crashed Jan. 9. (Achmad Ibrahim/Associated Press)
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Jan. 10, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia’s capital.
The head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, Bagus Puruhito, said officials believe they identified the location of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder the so-called black boxes because emergency signals transmitted by the devices were detected by a navy ship’s sonar system.
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Family members of passengers of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, which crashed into the sea off the Jakarta coast, look at debris retrieved during the search at Jakarta International Container Terminal port, Indonesia, on Monday (January 11, 2021). - Reuters JAKARTA Jan 11, 2021 (AFP): The crew of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed off Jakarta at the weekend with 62 people aboard did not declare an emergency or report technical problems before it suddenly plunged into the sea, an investigator said Monday.
Authorities have so far been unable to explain why the 26-year-old plane crashed just four minutes after takeoff, but say they ve pinpointed the location of the black boxes.