According to the NTSC, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft was still alive when it hit the water

According to the NTSC, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft was still alive when it hit the water - Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) Soerjanto Tjahjono said that the KNKT had collected radar data (ADS-B) from the Indonesian Aviation Navigation Service Provider Corporation (Airnav Indonesia). From that data, the plane was registered at an altitude of 250 feet before the last contact was lost.

"Data recorded up to 250 feet gives an indication if the aircraft's mechanisms are still functioning and capable of sending data," Soerjanto said in a written statement in Jakarta, Monday (11/1/2021).

Until, his party thought that the engine was still alive before hitting the water.

In detail, the data explains that the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 aircraft took off at 14.36 WIB. Furthermore, the plane flew to the Northwest and at 14.40 WIB the plane reached a height of 10,900 feet.

However, after that the plane descended and the latest data also showed SJ 182 was at an altitude of 250 feet. Other data obtained by the NTSC from the KRI Rigel in the form of the distribution of several pieces of debris or wreckage with a width of 100 meters. and 300-400 meters long..

"The extent of this distribution is consistent with the suspicion that the plane did not experience an explosion before it hit the water," he explained.

Soerjanto added, the findings of the aircraft that had been collected by Basarnas included a turbine disc engine with a damaged fan blade.

"Damage to the fan blade shows that the condition of the machine was still working when it experienced a crash. This is in line with the suspicion that the plane's mechanism is still functioning up to the plane at an altitude of 250 feet," he said.

The Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 aircraft carried 62 people consisting of 6 active crew, 46 adult passengers, seven children and three babies. The Jakarta-Pontianak route plane crashed between Laki and Lancang Islands, Thousand Islands, Saturday (9/1/2021).

Originally, the plane would arrive at Soepadio Airport, Pontianak. However, at 14.40 WIB or four minutes after takeoff, the plane lost contact and crashed in the Thousand Islands.

Source : kompas.com