On January 9, the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 carrying 50 passengers and 12 crew members, all of whom were Indonesian nationals, crashed into the sea about 4 minutes after leaving Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Tan Hoa Xa.
The discovery of the black box is expected to provide important information for investigators to understand what happened on the crashed plane. Photo: Tan Hoa Xa.
Yesterday afternoon, January 10, Soerjanto Tjahjanto - Head of Indonesia's Traffic Safety Administration informed: "We have determined the location of both black boxes. The divers will search for them immediately and hopefully we will catch them soon."
Indonesian rescue team members move body bags believed to be from passengers on flight number SJ182 of Sriwijaya Air at International Container Port in Jakarta.
Muhammad Yassin - Police Police Manager, reported that the search was focusing on the waters between Laki and Lancang Islands, off Jakarta, where a depth of about 20 to 23 m. The debris picked up from the ill-fated Boeing 737-500 aircraft of Sriwijaya Air in search activity near Lancang Island.
The body parts were taken to the police station for identification.
Indonesian air force members pray before departing for rescue at the scene of the Sriwijaya airline crash on January 10. Photo: Jakarta Post
Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) used the KRI Gilimanuk rescue boat to search for Sriwijaya Air's plane. Officials have expressed confidence that the wreckage will be found soon, but the Indonesian Meteorological Agency warned of the risk of heavy rain and strong winds that could hinder search and rescue efforts.
Indonesian Navy divers are spent offshore the capital Jakarta searching for debris and unfortunate victims.
Rescue team moves an object suspected to be an emergency slide of a crashed plane at the International Container Port in Jakarta.
The victims' families waited for a miracle at the airport. Indonesian authorities have not yet commented on the cause of the plane crash. All their efforts are now focused on the search for the victim and the plane crash.
The route of the Boeing 737-500 of Sriwijaya Air crashed on January 9.
