There was nothing there.
He stated his team had inspected the location and found nothing there.
” There was nothing there. I have looked for verification from (the SAR group) members and they have discovered nothing there,” he specified here Wednesday.
He said bad weather condition might have prompted anglers to shelter on the island and use their smart device to upload the SOS signal.
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It had nothing to do with Sriwijaya,” he clarified.
Social media has actually been abuzz after a screenshot began distributing of Google Maps showing an SOS tag on Laki Island, which is close to the believed website of the Sriwijaya Air aircraft crash.
When ANTARA inspected the Google Maps application once again at 8 p.m. WIB on Wednesday, the SOS marker had actually vanished.
The Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182, bearing the registration number PK-CLC, lost contact at 2: 40 p.m. Western Indonesia time (WIB) on January 9, 2021 shortly after liftoff and crashed between Lancang Island and Laki Island, Thousand Islands, DKI Jakarta. The airplane was headed to Pontianak from Jakarta.
Based on the manifest, the aircraft had 50 travelers and 12 team members on board. Of the total passengers, 40 were adults, seven were children, and three were infants.
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