Flight SJ -182 in Indonesia: the emerging scenario leaves little room for doubt
The families of the 62 passengers of flight SJ 182 arrive at the Jakarta police hospital on January 11, 2021. AFP - BAY ISMOYO
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Two days after the disappearance of flight SJ-182 just minutes before takeoff from Jakarta airport, searches in the Java Sea about 20 kilometers from the capital now involve more than 2,000 people and a dire scenario is taking shape. almost certain.
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With our correspondent in Kuala Lumpur,
Gabrielle Maréchaux
The human remains recovered off Laki Island have not yet been formally identified, but Indonesian President Joko Widodo is already offering his condolences
to the families of the 52 adults and ten children who were on board flight SJ-182
.
Because since the discovery of pieces of the fuselage and a wheel belonging to the Boeing 737-500 at 23 meters deep, optimism no longer seems to be the order of the day.
Two black boxes of the device were also located.
Their data will be crucial in trying to understand what happened.
Only a few seconds before suddenly losing 3000 meters of altitude, the plane had headed north-west, that is to say the opposite of its intended destination.
► To read also: Disappearance of flight SJ-182 in Indonesia: what we know
Pending clarification, this disappearance brings back dire memories in the country: with 697 deaths over the past ten years, the Indonesian aviation market is the deadliest in the world.
Observers are already recalling how the coronavirus pandemic has affected aviation safety with a reduction in personnel, planes sometimes grounded for a long time.
Debris from one of the engines of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 on one of the docks in the port of Jakarta, January 11, 2021. AP - Tatan Syuflana
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