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Sunday, January 4, 2015

Basarnas to make sure that AirAsia QZ8501 Fell in the End Location "Contact Lost"

Basarnas to make sure that AirAsia QZ8501 Fell in the End Location "Contact Lost"


AFP PHOTO / Adek Berry Frog Forces Members and divers from the Navy to handle the bodies of victims of the crash AirAsia QZ8501 from the boat to the KRI Banda Aceh in search operations in the Java Sea, near the waters of Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Saturday (01/03/2015).

BASE BUN, KOMPAS.com - National Search and Rescue Agency ensures, QZ8501 AirAsia plane crashed on the final location they make contact with air traffic control (ATC). Joint SAR team started tomorrow will focus on doing a search on the coordinates of the plane made contact.

"Ensure that AirAsia fell in place last lost contact," said Director of Operations Basarnas, SB Supriyadi in Lanud Iskandar, Pangkalan Bun, Kotawaringin West, Sunday (04/01/2015).

Based on the information, AirAsia QZ8501 last contact in the coordinates 03:22:46 South latitude (LS) and 108.50.07 East Longitude (BT). Points are located in the north Java Sea near the Strait Karimata.

Supriyadi said major search has been done by the officials from Basarnas, military, and police as well as a fleet of a number of countries today. However, the search was not getting the most out due to weather constraints. He explains, today rain occur evenly around the location search. In addition, any wind is quite strong between 20-35 knots.

Meanwhile, sea wave height reaches 3-4 meters. "Extreme weather endangering divers. Below the water speed of 3-5 knots, not to mention that in the mud so that visibility is zero meters," he said.

Today, post search AirAsia QZ8501 bodies in Lanud Iskandar, Pangkalan Bun, received four bodies of the passengers. Three of them found Japanese warship, Onami. While the other one was found warships Singapore, RSS presistence. In total, up to now there are 34 bodies were found.

Supriyadi hope, the weather at the time of the search tomorrow bright enough and facilitate the search process. According to him, the search will be carried out within a radius of 30 nautical miles from the coordinates of the last contact.


"This will be the focus of the underwater search. Hopefully tomorrow the weather is good and calm waves, so the debris could be proof we evacuation including victims who are still left in the transport plane we can," he said.

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