Flight Safety Information - January 9, 2021 No. 007 In This Issue : Boeing 737-524 (WL) - Fatal Accident (INDONESIA) : Crash: Sriwijaya B735 at Jakarta on Jan 9th 2021, lost height and impacted Java Sea : Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air plane feared to have crashed after taking off from Jakarta _________________________________________________________________ Boeing 737-524 (WL) - Fatal Accident (INDONESIA) Status: Preliminary Date: Saturday 9 January 2021 Time: 14:40 Type: Boeing 737-524 (WL) Operator: Sriwijaya Air Registration: PK-CLC C/n / msn: 27323/2616 First flight: 1994-05-13 (26 years 8 months) Engines: 2 CFMI CFM56-3B1 Crew: Fatalities: / Occupants: 6 Passengers: Fatalities: / Occupants: 56 Total: Fatalities: / Occupants: 62 Aircraft damage: Missing Aircraft fate: Presumed damaged beyond repair Location: 19 km (11.9 mls) NE of Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK) ( Indonesia) Phase: En route (ENR) Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII), Indonesia Destination airport: Pontianak Airport (PNK/WIOO), Indonesia Flightnumber: SJ182 Narrative: Sriwijaya Air flight 182 is reported missing after departure from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia. ADS-B flight tracking data suggest that the aircraft, a Boeing 737-500, took off from runway 35R at 14:35 (07:35 UTC). It made a climbing right hand turn , crossing the shoreline at 14:39. It reached an altitude of about FL110 before entering a rapid descent, according to the data. The last position was recorded at 14:40 UTC. Local media report that the flight manifest listed 46 passengers, 7 children, 3 babies and 6 flight crew. =Updates:= - 12:52 UTC: Metal debris and cables were found by officers and residents in the waters close to the suspected accident site - 13:06 UTC: Minister of Tranportation: at 14:37 SJ182 was cleared to climb to FL290 following the instrument departure and at 14:40 ATC saw SJ182 heading to the northwest instead of heading the planned 075° - 14:19 UTC: The SAR team found an object at sea near the suspected accident site, resembling the escape slide of an aircraft Sources: » Antara » Flightradar24 track METAR Weather report: 07:00 UTC / local time: WIII 090700Z 30007KT 4000 VCTS RA FEW016CB OVC018 25/24 Q1007 NOSIG 07:30 UTC / local time: WIII 090730Z 30006KT 5000 -RA FEW017CB OVC018 25/24 Q1006 NOSIG 08:00 UTC / local time: WIII 090800Z 28008KT 4000 -RA BKN016 OVC018 26/24 Q1006 NOSIG https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20210109-0 Crash: Sriwijaya B735 at Jakarta on Jan 9th 2021, lost height and impacted Java Sea A Sriwijaya Boeing 737-500, registration PK-CLC performing flight SJ-182 from Jakarta to Pontianak (Indonesia) with 56 passengers and 6 crew, had been cleared to climb to FL290 and was climbing through about 10,800 feet MSL out of Jakarta about 11nm north of Jakarta's Sokarno International Airport over the Java Sea when radar and radio contact was lost with the aircraft at 14:40L (07:40Z). The aircraft has so far not turned up anywhere else. A search is underway. Debris and body parts were located in waters of about 15 meters depth near Lancang Island. Sokarno Airport confirmed radar and radio contact with the aircraft was lost. Data review is underway, further communication to be expected from the Ministry of Transport. Indonesia's Ministry of Transport confirmed contact with the aircraft was lost. A search and rescue operation is in progress under the coordination of Basarnas. First units of Basarnas arriving at the crash site between Laki Island and Lancang Island have located debris. The Ministry subsequently confirmed the aircraft has crashed. The aircraft had departed Sokarno Airport at 14:36L, climbing through 1700 feet the aircraft was cleared to climb to FL290. Departure control subsequently noticed that the aircraft was not on its assigned heading of 075 degrees, but tracking northwesterly and queried the crew about the heading at 14:40L, but received no reply, within second the aircraft disappeared from radar. Basarnas reported they have deployed resources to the crash site and at the moment focus on locating the aircraft, hoping to be able to establish the position of the aircraft by monring of Jan 10th 2021. Several pieces of debris have been recovered already, however, it has not yet been established they are from the aircraft. The ELT transmitters of the aircraft did not and do not transmit any signals. The airline stated they are in contact with aviation authorities and seeking more information. A statement will be issued once all necessary details have been established. On Jan 9th 2021 at about 21:40L (14:40Z) the airline released a statement confirming contact with the aircraft was lost at 14:40L. The aircraft carried 40 adult passengers, 7 children, 3 infants and 6 deadheading crew. The aircraft was operated by 6 active crew. The airline published a hotline phone number. Indonesia's KNKT (National Transportation Safety Commission) have opened an investigation and announced, they begin their search for the black boxes on Sunday (Jan 10th 2021). A passenger booked onto the crashed flight reported, that he had to miss the flight due to his Covid-19 PCR Test results not yet having arrived. Only after the aircraft had already departed the (negative) test results arrived which would have permitted him to board the flight. Residents of the islands nearby (Thousand Islands) were out on the sea in two boats when they heard two explosions, then found debris afloat at the sea. It was raining at that time. The residents returned one of the boats to their islands about 2 hours later and reported to police. The other boat is still at the scene holding position using an anchor. Thesse residents have so far recovered seats, cables, pockets and jeans. The captain of a ship with 28 crew, that was located about 6nm from the impact site near Lancang Island, reported they were observing an object fall into the waters and set course towards the site. They found flight jackets, body parts and debris of an aircraft. The ship is currently holding position about half a mile off the observed crash site until rescue and recovery services (of Basarnas) arrive. The water is about 15 to 16 meters deep at the crash site. According to ADS-B data the aircraft had departed Sokarno's runway 25R at 07:36Z, was climbing through 10,600 feet at 284 knots over ground at 07:39:50Z about 11nm north of Sokarno Airport and was at 07:40:11Z at 1400 feet at 307 knots over ground about 1.6nm northnortheast of that position (average sink rate 26,300 fpm). The last received ADS-B Position was S5.9730 E106.5676. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/SJY182/history/20210109/0640Z/WIII/WIOO Metars: WIII 090900Z 29006KT 6000 -RA BKN017 25/23 Q1006 NOSIG= WIII 090830Z 29008KT 4000 RA OVC017 25/24 Q1006 NOSIG= WIII 090800Z 28008KT 4000 -RA BKN016 OVC018 26/24 Q1006 NOSIG= WIII 090730Z 30006KT 5000 -RA FEW017CB OVC018 25/24 Q1006 NOSIG= WIII 090700Z 30007KT 4000 VCTS RA FEW016CB OVC018 25/24 Q1007 NOSIG= WIII 090630Z 34007KT 2000 TSRA FEW016CB OVC018 25/24 Q1007 NOSIG RMK CB OVER THE FIELD= WIII 090600Z 34010G20KT 5000 VCTS -RA FEW016CB OVC018 26/24 Q1007 NOSIG RMK CB TO W AND NW= WIII 090530Z 35012KT 5000 VCTS -RA FEW016CB BKN018 26/25 Q1007 NOSIG RMK CB TO NW AND N= WIII 090500Z 34012KT 6000 VCTS FEW016CB BKN018 28/24 Q1008 TEMPO 5000 -TSRA RMK CB TO NW AND N= WIII 090430Z 28010KT 9999 SCT020 31/24 Q1008 NOSIG= http://avherald.com/h?article=4e18553c&opt=0 Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air plane feared to have crashed after taking off from Jakarta Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)A Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 62 people on board is feared to have crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta, according to Indonesia's Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono. Sriwijaya Air flight 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak, in Indonesian Borneo, lost contact at 2:40 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (2:40 a.m. ET) on Saturday. Maj. Gen Bambang Suryo Aji of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, Basarnas, told reporters on Saturday that the plane is believed to have crashed between the islands of Laki and Lancang, in the Thousand Islands chain northwest of the capital, Jakarta. Basarnas is now conducting a search operation. The missing Indonesia plane was carrying 50 passengers -- 43 adults and 7 children -- as well as 12 crew members, Indonesia's Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said during a press conference. The Indonesian Navy has deployed five warships and diving troops in the search, according to Rear Admiral Abdul Rasyid. Earlier on Saturday, a high-ranking Basarnas officer told reporters their officers on the ground had found debris around Lancang Island. The debris will be passed to the National Transportation Safety Committee to be investigated, he said, adding that is not confirmed if that debris belongs to the missing plane. Flight 182 lost contact 11 nautical miles north of Jakarta's Soekarno--Hatta International Airport at an altitude of 11,000 feet while climbing to 13,000 feet, officials said. The plane dropped 10,000 feet in less than a minute before disappearing from the radar, according to the global flight tracking service Flightradar24. The drop happened about four minutes after takeoff, it said. Sriwijaya Airlines CEO Jefferson Irwin Jauwena said the plane was in good condition before it took off. "Of course we are very concerned about what happened to us with SJ 182," he said at a press conference on Saturday. "We hope that your prayers can help the search process run smoothly. We hope all is well," Jauwena said. In an earlier statement, Sriwijaya Air said that they were "in contact with various related parties to get more detailed information" regarding the incident and that they will "immediately issue an official statement" when more information was clear. The Transport Ministry said it is investigating and coordinating with Basarnas and the National Committee for Transport Safety. The plane, registered PK CLC, is a Boeing 737-500. The aircraft is 26 years old, according to Flightradar24. A Boeing spokesperson told CNN in a statement that they are "aware of media reports from Jakarta, and are closely monitoring the situation." "We are working to gather more information," they said. Sriwijaya Air, a low-cost airline and Indonesia's third largest carrier, transports more than 950,000 passengers per month from its Jakarta hub to 53 destinations within Indonesia and three regional countries, according to the company's website. In June 2018, it was removed from the European Union's list of banned air carriers, 11 years after it was placed on that list. The incident is the latest to rock Indonesia's airline industry, a sector that, while growing, continues to be plagued by notoriously poor safety standards. A worrying record In October 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea in Indonesia after taking off from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. The Boeing 737 Max 8 plane was scheduled to make a one-hour journey to Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka. The improper design and certification of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, coupled with an overwhelmed flight crew battling a malfunctioning system they could not properly identify, led to the crash, according to an October 2019 report by Indonesian authorities. In 2014, Indonesian AirAsia Flight 8501 claimed the lives of all 162 people on board after crashing into the Java Sea, while flying from Surabaya to Singapore. And in the year before that, Lion Air was involved in two accidents. A Boeing 737 missed the runway on landing and crashed into the sea near Bali, forcing passengers to swim or wade to safety, while another Boeing 737 collided with a cow while touching down at Jalaluddin Airport in Gorontalo on the island of Sulawesi. In 2007, the European Union banned all 51 Indonesian airlines from its airspace after a Garuda Indonesia plane with 140 people on board overshot the runway in Yogyakarta in March and burst into flames, killing 21 people on board. Standards have since improved, with all Indonesian airlines cleared from that blacklist by June 2018. Indonesia, an archipelago nation of more than 13,000 islands, has seen a boom in domestic aviation in recent years, with passenger traffic tripling between 2005 and 2017, according to Australian consultancy the CAPA-Center for Aviation. The country of 270 million people rely heavily on air transport to commute between islands across the archipelago, which stretches over more than 3,000 miles, around the same distance between London and New York. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/asia/indonesia-sriwijaya-air-plane-intl/index.html Curt Lewis