Cinmpring kici

Minggu, 10 Januari 2021

US Vice-President Mike Pence to attend Biden inauguration: Reports - CNA

WASHINGTON: Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said Saturday (Jan 9), the vice president becoming the latest longtime loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump.

Relations between Trump and Pence - previously one of the mercurial president's staunchest defenders - have nosedived since Wednesday, when the Vice-President formally announced Biden's victory in November's election.

A mob of far-right demonstrators stormed the US Capitol the same day in a failed bid to stop Congress from certifying Biden's win, in a riot blamed on Trump that left five dead.

READ: Senator wants Capitol rioters' data preserved, man carrying House speaker lectern arrested

Multiple media reports on Saturday cited senior administration officials as saying that Pence - who was forced to take shelter from the intruders during the riot - had decided to attend Biden's inauguration on Jan 20.

The president-elect earlier in the week said Pence would be welcome at his formal swearing-in, due to take place in a scaled-down format due to the coronavirus.

"I think it's important that as much as we can stick to what have been the historical precedents of how an administration changes should be maintained," Biden told reporters.

"We'd be honored to have him there, and to move forward in the transition."

In his final tweet before being removed from Twitter on Friday, Trump said he would not attend the inauguration.

READ: Increasingly isolated Trump threatened with second impeachment

READ: Trump says he will not attend Biden's inauguration

The outgoing president has been accused of provoking Wednesday's violence, and now faces an unprecedented second impeachment, expected to begin on Monday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that Democrats would launch the process unless Trump resigned or Pence invoked the 25th Amendment, in which the cabinet removes the president from office.

While Pence has not spoken publicly on the subject, the New York Times reported on Thursday he was against invoking the mechanism, never used before in US history.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMibWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vbmV3cy93b3JsZC91cy12aWNlLXByZXNpZGVudC1taWtlLXBlbmNlLXRvLWF0dGVuZC1iaWRlbi1pbmF1Z3VyYXRpb24tMTM5MzEyNDbSAQA?oc=5

2021-01-10 08:33:58Z
52781294237331

More debris found as Indonesian authorities race against time to search for missing Sriwijaya Air plane - CNA

JAKARTA: Authorities have found more debris of what they suspect may be parts of the missing Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane on Sunday (Jan 10) as rescuers race against time to find the passengers and aircraft.

Rescuers also said they have retrieved five bags of body parts and have sent them to the police hospital for identification.

The commercial Indonesian airline plane disappeared from radar screens on Saturday just four minutes after it took off at 2:36pm local time (3.36pm Singapore time) from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Greater Jakarta. The Boeing 737-500 was on its way to Pontianak, West Kalimantan.

Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto who went on a search and rescue ship on Sunday said divers have found parts of the plane including debris with the plane’s registration number and wreckage bearing the colours of the airline company at a depth of 23m in the sea north of Jakarta.

“We have reports from the divers that the visibility in the waters is good and clear, enabling them to find some parts of the plane,” the military commander said in a statement.

Head of the National Transportation Safety Committee Soerjanto Tjahjono meanwhile said his team has been deployed with equipment which can detect objects under water including the two black box components - the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR).

READ: Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane crashes after take-off with 62 aboard

Both recorders are crucial as they will reveal what happened to the flight.

Also among the debris found on Sunday were a pink child's blouse, a yellow safety vest and tyre parts.

Authorities show debris from Sriwijaya SJ 182 at Tanjung Priok harbour on Jan 10, 2020 — Authorities show suspected debris of the missing Sriwijaya SJ 182 plane at Tanjung Priok harbour in Jakarta on Jan 10, 2021. (Photo: Kiki Siregar)

These were handed over to the relevant authorities, said Brigadier General Rasman MS, the search and rescue agency mission coordinator.

“The pink blouse we will hand over to the Disaster Victim Identification teams, while material suspected to be parts of the plane like the safety vest, we will hand over to the National Transportation Safety Committee,” he told reporters.

Previously on Saturday night, officials have also managed to find suspected debris of the plane and sent them for identification to relevant parties.

Jakarta’s police spokesman Yusri Yunus told CNA that there were body parts among the findings.

Personnel spray disinfectant on body bags at Tanjung Priok harbour on Jan 10, 2021 — Personnel spray disinfectant on bags of retrieved body parts at Tanjung Priok harbour on Jan 10, 2021. (Photo: Kiki Siregar)

VOLUNTEER DIVERS DEPLOYED

Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 had 62 people on board including seven children and three infants.

Authorities believe the plane went down in the waters north of Jakarta, around Laki and Lancang island, part of the Thousand Islands chain.

Tracking service Flightradar24 reported that the plane climbed to reach 10,900ft within four minutes after departure, and then began a steep descent. It stopped transmitting data 21 seconds later.

Flight map of Sriwijaya Air flight #SJ182 — A flight tracker map showing Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 after it took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. (Image: Twitter/Flightradar24)

Fishermen CNA spoke to said they saw something fall from the sky into the ocean and then heard a big explosion around the time the plane disappeared from the radar screens.

READ: ‘Hoping for a miracle’: Anxious wait for friends and families after Sriwijaya Air plane goes missing in Indonesia

The search to find SJ 182 is an extensive operation involving multiple personnel from Basarnas - Indonesia's rescue agency - the National Transportation Safety Committee, military, police, the transport ministry and volunteers.

On Sunday afternoon, 18 volunteer divers were deployed to find the missing aircraft.

“Today we can probably do two dives. Tomorrow, we can continue to dive as well,” said Mr Hendrata Yudha, who is a dive instructor and will be in charge of the volunteer group's logistics.

Volunteer divers get ready at Tanjung Priok harbour to find the missing Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 — Volunteer divers get ready at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok harbour to find the missing Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane on Jan 10, 2021. (Photo: Kiki Siregar)

A personnel with Basarnas, who wanted to remain anonymous, told CNA that with the COVID-19 pandemic, the operation is riskier.

However, they have been regularly tested for the virus and the last test was done last week.

[embedded content]

Indonesia has reported more than 800,000 COVID-19 cases, the highest toll in Southeast Asia.

President Joko Widodo on Sunday sent his condolences to the families of the passengers and crew of the missing plane.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMibWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vbmV3cy9hc2lhL3NyaXdpamF5YS1haXItaW5kb25lc2lhLXBsYW5lLW1vcmUtZGVicmlzLWJvZHktcGFydHMtZm91bmQtMTM5MzExNTLSAQA?oc=5

2021-01-10 08:28:36Z
52781293606508

More debris found as Indonesian authorities race against time to search for missing Sriwijaya Air plane - CNA

[unable to retrieve full-text content]

More debris found as Indonesian authorities race against time to search for missing Sriwijaya Air plane CNA
Indonesian authorities find black box signals, oil spill likely from crashed plane The Straits Times
Indonesia rescuers find human remains after deadly plane crash Yahoo Singapore News
Indonesian Sriwijaya Air plane crashes after take-off with 62 aboard CNA
Indonesian plane crashes into the sea with more than 60 on board The Straits Times
View Full coverage on Google News

https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiYmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vbmV3cy9hc2lhL3NyaXdpamF5YS1haXItaW5kb25lc2lhLXBsYW5lLW1vcmUtZGVicmlzLWZvdW5kLTEzOTMxMTUy0gEA?oc=5

2021-01-10 08:07:16Z
52781293606508

Sabtu, 09 Januari 2021

Indonesian authorities find black box signals, oil spill likely from crashed plane - The Straits Times

JAKARTA - Authorities searching for the ill-fated Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 plane that crashed on Saturday (Jan 9) have picked up signals possibly coming from the aircraft's black box, search and rescue agency Basarnas chief Bagus Puruhito told MetroTV in an interview on Sunday.

“We received two emergency signals, which would help us find the black box,” Marshal Bagus Puruhito told MetroTV. “We have marked the spots with buoys and will immediately deploy divers there”

He added that one of the signals is from the emergency locator transmitter (ELT). Weather and visibility underwater now are favourable to search operations, he said.

Earlier, the Indonesian Air Force said it has spotted fuel spill suspected to be from the plane, which took a steep dive minutes after take-off on Saturday afternoon from Jakarta.

The oil spill covered a very large part of the sea water south of Laki island in the Thousand Islands district north of Jakarta, near where joint search efforts have been deployed since Saturday, two-star marshal Henri Alfiandi, the operations assistant to the air force chief, told reporters on Sunday morning.

Among debris hauled on Sunday morning from the Java sea were parts of the plane’s wheels, a torn steel alloy sheet with blue paint and pink children’s trousers.

The Boeing 737-500 plane disappeared from radar above sea water roughly between Laki island and Lancang island, northeast of Laki island.

Sixty-two people were aboard the plane - 12 crew and 50 passengers, including seven children and three infants.

The spotting of the oil spill comes as two bags of body parts and debris were evacuated from sea waters and handed over to the police disaster victim identification (DVI) department.

Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus said the DVI team has started work on the two body bags containing body parts and passenger belongings. The focus of search operations has been in the waters between Laki island and Lancang island in the Thousand Islands.

DNA tests would be carried out to match with samples taken from family members of the passengers. Police appealed to the families of the victims to come forward to the Kramat Jati police hospital in East Jakarta.

A diver involved in the search and rescue operation told Kompas TV that his team had an underwater metal detector and a pinger locator to pick up signals for the plane’s two black boxes.

Flight SJ182’s last contact was at around 2.40pm Jakarta time, four minutes into its 90-minute journey to Pontianak, capital of West Kalimantan province.

The aircraft lost more than 3,000m in altitude in less than a minute, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24.

Several witnesses living on an island near where the plane disappeared described hearing explosions, while others believed they had found objects that were from the plane.

Indonesia’s search and rescue agency Basarnas has not received a distress signal transmitted from the plane’s emergency locator transmitter.

Transport ministry spokesman Adita Irawati said the plane had deviated from its normal course before it disappeared from the radar. The flight was delayed for about an hour due to heavy rain before its eventual take-off.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMibmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnN0cmFpdHN0aW1lcy5jb20vYXNpYS9zZS1hc2lhL2luZG9uZXNpYS1yZXNjdWUtdGVhbXMtc2NvdXItc2VhLWZvci1jcmFzaGVkLXBsYW5lLWFtaWQtcG9vci13ZWF0aGVy0gEA?oc=5

2021-01-10 05:24:21Z
52781293606508

Pompeo lifts 'self-imposed restrictions' on US-Taiwan relationship - CNA

[unable to retrieve full-text content]

Pompeo lifts 'self-imposed restrictions' on US-Taiwan relationship CNAView Full coverage on Google News
https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiaGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vbmV3cy93b3JsZC90YWl3YW4tdXMtcmVsYXRpb25zaGlwLWRpcGxvbWF0aWMtdGllcy1jb250YWN0LWNoaW5hLTEzOTI5Mjg20gEA?oc=5

2021-01-10 00:00:00Z
CBMiaGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vbmV3cy93b3JsZC90YWl3YW4tdXMtcmVsYXRpb25zaGlwLWRpcGxvbWF0aWMtdGllcy1jb250YWN0LWNoaW5hLTEzOTI5Mjg20gEA

Body parts found at Indonesian plane crash site - The Straits Times

JAKARTA (AFP) - Body parts and debris were hauled from waters near Indonesia’s capital on Sunday (Jan 10) from a Boeing passenger plane that crashed shortly after take off with 62 people on board.

The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.

No reasons have yet been given for the crash, with authorities focusing on a frantic search and rescue effort that appeared to offer no hope of finding any survivors.

"As of this morning, we’ve received two (body) bags, one with passenger belongings and the other with body parts," Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus told Metro TV.

The discovery came as a flotilla of warships, helicopters and divers were deployed off the coast of the sprawling city Sunday.

Sixty-two passengers and crew were on board, including 10 children, all of them Indonesians, according to authorities.

Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 was bound for Pontianak city on Indonesia’s section of Borneo island, about 90 minutes flying time over the Java Sea.

It crashed in the Java Sea near popular day-trip tourist islands just off the coast.

Distraught relatives waited nervously for news at Pontianak airport on Saturday night.

"I have four family members on the flight – my wife and three children," Mr Yaman Zai said as he sobbed. "(My wife) sent me a picture of the baby today...How could my heart not be torn into pieces?"

Officials said Sunday they would continue their search by sea and air while also using sonar radar to pick up more signs of the downed jet.

Divers marked at least three sites at the suspected crash site with orange ballons, according to an AFP reporter on the scene.

"From our observation, it is strongly believed the coordinates match the ones from the plane’s last signal contact," said Mr Hadi Tjahjanto, head of Indonesia’s military.

Hundreds of personnel from search and rescue, the navy, the police, with 10 warships also taking part in the search effort.

Data from FlightRadar24 said the plane reached an altitude of nearly 11,000 feet (3,350 metres) before dropping suddenly to 250 feet. It then lost contact with air traffic control.

Indonesian Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said Saturday that the jet appeared to deviate from its intended course just before it disappeared from radar.

Sriwijaya Air, which has about 19 Boeing jets that fly to destinations in Indonesia and South-east Asia, has said only that it was investigating the loss of contact.

It did not immediately comment when contacted by AFP again on Sunday.

In October 2018, 189 people were killed when a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max jet slammed into the Java Sea about 12 minutes after take-off from Jakarta on a routine one-hour flight.

That crash – and a subsequent fatal flight in Ethiopia – saw Boeing hit with US$2.5 billion (S$3.31 billion) in fines over claims it defrauded regulators overseeing the 737 Max model, which was grounded worldwide following the two deadly crashes.

The jet that went down Saturday is not a Max model and was 26 years old, according to authorities.

In its initial statements on Saturday’s crash, Boeing offered no immediate insights into the cause.

"We are aware of media reports from Jakarta regarding Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182. Our thoughts are with the crew, passengers, and their families," the US-based planemaker said in a statement. "We are in contact with our airline customer and stand ready to support them during this difficult time."

Indonesia’s aviation sector has long suffered from a reputation for poor safety, and its airlines were once banned from entering US and European airspace.

In 2014, an AirAsia plane crashed with the loss of 162 lives.

Domestic investigators’ final report on the AirAsia crash showed a chronically faulty component in a rudder control system, poor maintenance and the pilots’ inadequate response were major factors in what was supposed to be a routine flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.

A year later, in 2015, more than 140 people, including people on the ground, were killed when a military plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Medan on Sumatra island.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

'Hoping for a miracle': Anxious wait for friends and families after plane goes missing in Indonesia - CNA

JAKARTA: Friends and families of those who were onboard a Sriwijaya Air plane that went missing shortly after takeoff on Saturday (Jan 9) were waiting anxiously for news on their loved ones.

The plane was supposed to fly from Jakarta to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province. There were 62 people, including 10 children onboard.

“I am hoping for a miracle, although judging from the circumstances, I know that the chances of finding them alive are slim,” Mr Muhammad Haekal, whose cousin Mr Athar Rizki Riawan and four other members of his family were onboard the SJY182 flight.

“I hope that (rescuers) would at least retrieve their bodies so we can give them proper burials.”

Mr Haekal said he and other family members rushed to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport upon hearing the news. “We couldn’t believe it and when officials confirmed that they were among those onboard, we were devastated,” he told CNA.

Mr Riawan, he said, had just been reassigned to work in West Kalimantan province. Travelling with him on the flight was his eight-month-old son, his wife, his mother-in-law and another cousin.

READ: Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air plane suspected to have crashed with more than 60 on board; search and rescue under way

Mr Arya Kharisma Hadi was also hoping for a miracle for his friend Mr Mulyadi and three family members who were with him on the flight. Mr Mulyadi, like many Indonesians, goes by one name.

“I really hope that they somehow, through some miracle, survive. I really hope that they are alive,” he said.

Mdm Betty Saprianti said four of her relatives were on the flight: her auntie, uncle, cousin and her cousin’s daughter.

“I am praying to Allah, I hope Allah will give us a miracle and save their lives. I am not ready to face the alternatives. Please Allah, save them.”

Meanwhile, the sister of a flight crew who requested anonymity said: “My family is really shaken, especially my ageing mother.”

“That’s why I told her not to come to the airport. I really wish that rescuers would find my sister alive,” she told CNA at Soekarno-Hatta airport as tears rolled down her eyes.

At a press conference on Saturday night, transport ministry spokeswoman Adita Irawati said that the plane seemed to have deviated from its route shortly before going missing.

The air traffic controller tried to contact the plane but it disappeared just seconds later, she said.

Earlier, a spokesperson from the Indonesian transport ministry said the commercial flight SJY182 took off at about 2.36pm (Western Indonesia Time) and was scheduled to land in Pontianak at 4.15pm.

"The control tower's last contact with the plane was at 2.40pm, before the contact was lost," said the spokesperson.

The search and rescue agency said in a press conference that debris was found between Laki island and Lancang island in northern Jakarta, but could not confirm if it is from the plane.

Search and rescue operations will go into the night if necessary, the agency said, while noting that there are issues with visibility.

Sriwijaya Air has about 19 Boeing jets that fly to destinations in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

The head of the national transport safety committee, Soerjanto Tjahjanto, said that all the passengers were Indonesians.

"That's why we haven't notified other countries, apart from the US (as the plane was a Boeing)," he said.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMicWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5uZWxuZXdzYXNpYS5jb20vbmV3cy9hc2lhL3NyaXdpamF5YS1haXItaW5kb25lc2lhLW1pc3NpbmctcGxhbmUtZnJpZW5kcy1mYW1pbGllcy1qYWthcnRhLTEzOTI3OTQw0gEA?oc=5

2021-01-09 17:02:56Z
52781293606508