Indo recover black boxes, flying knots, 62 corpses – On January 10, AFP reports on the progress of the search for survivors of the Sriwijaya Airlines Boeing 737-500, Flight SJ 182, plummeting to the sea. After taking off from the airport four minutes from January 9 that Indonesian rescuers went on to recover bodies. 62 hapless passengers and crew members, including the debris, 23 meters below the surface.
Transport Minister Budi Kharyasumadi said officials found a signal from an area that was expected to be the point of a plane crashing into the water. After the search by sonar signal found debris on the island of Lan Kang and Koh Laki.
As for the initial investigation, it was found that the plane had departed half an hour late at 2:36 p.m., then the captain contacted the Aeronautical Radio Center to drop it to 29,000 feet or 8,839 meters before disappearing from radar.
Srivijaya Airlines Director Jefferson Irwin Jayuvina said the aircraft had been used for 26 years before it had been used on a US airline.