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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