A plane crashes near Indonesia in a thunderstorm

ArabiaWeather - A Boeing 737-500 plane crashed in the Java Sea on Saturday, minutes after taking off from Soekarno Hatta International Airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, where the crash was within a very short period of time after take off after the plane reached an altitude of 10,000 feet Over the sea, the Sriwijaya SJ182 flight was en route to Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan Province, with 50 passengers and 12 crew members on board, and the cause of the accident is still being investigated.

The weather conditions prevailing in the airport area at the time of the crash

Contact with the plane was lost at 2:40 pm local time, that is, four minutes after take-off, as the plane fell in heavy rain, and according to weather reports, rain and thunderstorms were reported at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta from midday on Saturday. , Until about 5 p.m. local time, and the sky was mostly cloudy at an altitude of 425 meters, wind speed was 37 km / h when the thunderstorm was reported at 1 p.m., but it has not been verified yet that the weather was the cause In the plane crash.

Captain Eko Brightno of the Indonesian Navy and Coast Guard commented on the weather and stated that rescue teams were subjected to torrential rain and winds in the search area for the wreckage, and had to use night vision and radar.

Find the wreckage of the plane

The Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Pasarnas) said on Saturday that it had found several pieces of debris believed to be from the missing plane, but bad weather impeded visibility in the search operation that took place overnight, and Sunday morning (10-1-2021) was confirmed. The location of the wreckage by the Indonesian National Armed Forces and divers from the Navy, after locating the signal from the fuselage.

A Jakarta Police spokesman said that, in addition to the wreckage of the plane, the Indonesian police received two bags, one containing the personal belongings of the victims of the flight, and the other containing human remains of the victims. The plane's registration number, wheels of landing gear and life jackets were revealed, adding that the vision Conditions in the water were good, and the search for victims was still going on.At the same time, KNKT teams began an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident, with investigators dispatched to airport air traffic control, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency. And to Sriwijaya Airlines to collect the information needed for the investigation.