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The information was told by the head of the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, Mr. Bagus Puruhito. MetroTV in an interview on January 10.
Mr. Bagus Puruhito said MetroTV: “We have captured 2 emergency signals, which will help us find the black box. We have marked the points with a float and we will immediately deploy the divers there.”
Mr. Bagus Puruhito added that one of the signals was from the emergency locator unit (ELT). “The weather and visibility under water are now favorable for search activities,” Bagus Puruhito said.
Previously, the Indonesian Air Force discovered a suspected fuel spill from a Boeing 737-500 of the Indonesian airline Sriwijaya Air, with the number SJ182.
Henri Alfiandi, deputy chief of staff of the Indonesian Air Force, told reporters on the morning of January 10: “The oil veins covered a large part of the waters south of Laki Island, close to where the joint search efforts. deployed from 9-1 “.
Indonesian rescue forces collected what is believed to be left over from Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 on January 10. Photo: Reuters
Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus announced the receipt of two bags, one with the passengers’ personal belongings and the other with the remains, found in the basin area. Northwest, near the capital Jakarta.
Among the debris collected on the morning of January 10 in the Java Sea were pieces of aircraft wheels, a broken steel alloy plate painted in blue and children’s pants in pink.
DNA tests will be conducted to compare the bodies of the victims and DNA samples taken from the passengers’ relatives. Indonesian police are asking the families of the victims to go to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital in East Jakarta to collect DNA samples.
Indonesian special forces try to find the plane’s black box. Photo: CNN
A diver involved in the search and rescue operation told Kompas TV that his team has an underwater metal detector and a navigation device to pick up the signals from the plane’s two black boxes.
Last contact for flight SJ182 was around 2:40 p.m. (Jakarta time), after a 90-minute trip to Pontianak, the capital of the West Kalimantan province.
On January 9, the Indonesian airline Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500, with the number SJ182, disappeared from the radar screen just four minutes after taking off from Jakarta to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.
Transportation Ministry spokeswoman Adita Irawati said the plane had deviated from its normal course before disappearing from radar. The flight was delayed about 1 hour due to heavy rain before take off.
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