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Authorities expect to find the two black boxes on Monday, an investigative news agency told the Indonesian National Committee for Transport Safety (KNKT).
Based on the debris that has been found so far, he said the structure of the aircraft could have exploded when it hit the water.
“The structure probably exploded when it hit the water because if it exploded in the sky, the debris would have spread over a wider area,” Nurchahiyo Utomo said.
At around 2.30pm local time on Saturday, a Sri Lanka Air Boeing 737-500 with 72 passengers on board left Jakarta for Pantianak, the capital of the western province of Kalimantan in Borneo, but lost contact with control room four. minutes after takeoff.
Later, at a press conference, the country’s Transport Minister Budi Karia said it had crashed into the sea near Lucky Island, 20 kilometers from the airport.
Search and rescue teams have already found the remains and human remains of the aircraft.
Officials have also identified the location of the black boxes. These contain the information of the aircraft and this information can become very important for the investigation of investigators.
Researchers have analyzed the material that has already been found. They believe that these include a wheel and part of the structure of the plane.
Among the remains found so far is a turbine, one of the aircraft’s engines.
It is becoming increasingly clear that there is no hope of finding anyone alive.
The Srivijaya Air airliner crashed at an altitude of 10,000 feet in less than a minute, according to the flight-tracking website Flightradar24.com.
Witnesses said they saw and heard at least one explosion.
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