Indonesia rescuers detect signal from downed plane in Java Sea

Indonesian Navy officers continue the search for more debris from Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182, onboard one of the search and rescue ships at sea off the coast of Jakarta on January 10, 2021, after the Boeing 737-500 crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta airport on January 9. Photo by Demy Sanjaya / AFP

JAKARTA — Indonesian rescuers said Sunday they had detected a signal from a Boeing passenger plane that crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff with 62 people on board.

A military vessel “has found the signal from (Sriwijaya Air) SJ182” and divers had recovered parts of the plane from around 23 metres (75 feet) below the water’s surface, the transport ministry said in a statement, citing Indonesia’s military chief Hadi Tjahjanto.

The ministry did not specify if the signal was detected from the downed plane’s black box.