SURABAYA, 12TH JANUARY 2015 – Entering the sixteenth day, the SAR
operations led by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) Republic of
Indonesia has made a breakthrough with the recovery of QZ 8501 aircraft’s
Flight Data Recorder (FDR) at 07:11HRS LT (GMT+7) today.
BASARNAS confirmed that the FDR was found
under the plane’s wing wreckage and has been lifted from the seafloor (up to 30
meters below surface). The FDR will be transferred to Jakarta, and handed over
to Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) for
investigation. BASARNAS reported that the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) has yet
to be located and is still being searched around the area.
In addition, sea divers from SAR team were
deployed today to obtain visual confirmation of two large objects which are
suspected to be parts of the aircraft, approximately 4km from the location
where the tail piece was found.
BASARNAS also assured that passengers recovery
remains to be the main priority. Local fishermen have been asked to support SAR
operation on a smaller scale. No additional recoveries were reported today.
In Surabaya, the Disaster Victim
Identification (DVI) Police Department of Republic of Indonesia (DVI POLRI)
today announced that they were able to identify 2 more remains, identified as:
David Gunawan (male) and Youvita Elisabeth
(female). Both are Indonesian citizens.
To date, BASARNAS has confirmed to have
recovered a total of 48 remains of which 34 have been identified by DVI POLRI
and 14 are still being identified.
AirAsia Indonesia would like to take this
opportunity to urge the public seeking progress on the search and evacuation
and identification process of QZ 8501 passengers to refer solely to official
information from BASARNAS and DVI POLRI.
You may also obtain substantiated information
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