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Jakarta –
Sriwijaya Air plane with flight number SJ182 crashed in Thousand Island waters to delay for 30 minutes. Plane to delay due to bad weather conditions.
“So, now to delay According to the information I also received that it was due to heavy rains, so there was to delay 30 minutes, “Chief Executive Officer of Sriwijaya Air Chairman Jefferson Irwin Jauwena told a news conference at Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Saturday (9/1/2021).
Meanwhile, Jefferson confirmed that the Boeing 737-500 aircraft was in good health before takeoff. Before falling, the plane flew smoothly to several cities.
“Regarding the state of the plane, the information I got was also that the plane was in good health. As they had previously flown to Pontianak PP (round trip), returning to Pangkalpinang is the second route to Pontianak,” he said.
“So there should be no problem and according to the report everything is fine,” he continued.
Meanwhile, NTSC chief Soerjanto Tjahjono said his group was coordinating with the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) to find out whether weather conditions at the time affected the downing of the Sriwijaya Air SJ182 plane.
“Regarding the weather, we are coordinating with BMKG, we are collecting all the satellite data, server data and data best forecasterher, continue from Press roomwe all go back to collecting. So we will be together with BMKG to assess how the weather was at that time, “said Soerjanto.
The KNKT will also interview fishermen who claim to have seen the plane crash.
“We also want to interview some fishermen who are said to have seen the plane crash. We will interview them, but I do not have the phone number of the fishermen. obtain,“Soerjanto added.
Sriwijaya Air SJ182 airplane take off from Soekarno-Hatta airport in the direction of Pontianak. The plane began to lose contact at 2:40 p.m. WIB.
The plane was carrying 62 people, made up of 50 passengers (made up of 40 adults, 7 children and 3 babies) and 12 crew members.
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(may / jbr)