Last updated: 21 January 2021
| 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: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 56 / Occupants: 56 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 62 / Occupants: 62 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) NE of Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK) ( Indonesia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII), Indonesia |
| Pontianak Airport (PNK/WIOO), Indonesia | |
| Flightnumber: | SJ182 |
Sriwijaya Air flight 182 crashed into the sea, shortly after departure from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia. All 56 passengers and 6 crew members are presumed to have died.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-500 registered PK-CLC, arrived at Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 12:11 hours local time after a flight from Pangkal Pinang. The subsequent flight for the aircraft, SJ182, was due to depart at 13:40.
Weather at the airport was poor with heavy rainfall and low clouds due to a thunderstorm in de vicinity. This caused a delay in departure. At 14:18 the aircraft was cleared to taxi to runway 25R.
Take-off from runway 35R was commenced at 14:35 (07:35 UTC). After becoming airborne, the aircraft made a climbing right hand turn. At 14:37 the flight was cleared to climb to FL290.
It reached an altitude of about FL110 before entering a rapid descent, according to ADS-B tracking data from Flightradar24. The last position was recorded at 14:40 UTC over the water of the Java Sea, some 19 km from the airport and 7 km north of the shore. ATC noticed the aircraft had been turning to the northwest instead of following the planning heading of 075°.
SAR teams searched the area, and divers found parts of the wreckage at a depth of 23 meters. Earlier, floating debris had been found (metal, cables, escape slide).
Sources:
» Antara» Flightradar24 track
METAR Weather report:
07:00 UTC / 14:00 local time:WIII 090700Z 30007KT 4000 VCTS RA FEW016CB OVC018 25/24 Q1007 NOSIG
07:30 UTC / 14:30 local time:
WIII 090730Z 30006KT 5000 -RA FEW017CB OVC018 25/24 Q1006 NOSIG
08:00 UTC / 15:00 local time:
WIII 090800Z 28008KT 4000 -RA BKN016 OVC018 26/24 Q1006 NOSIG
Photos
accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
accident date: 09-01-2021
type: Boeing 737-524 (WL)
registration: PK-CLC
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 1994 | N27610 | Boeing | first flight |
| 31 May 1994 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | delivered |
| 29 October 1994 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | bird strike incident (1 bird ingested in engine) |
| 4 November 2004 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | bird strike incident (1 bird hit fuselage on approach to Austin, TX (KAUS)) |
| 12 July 2005 | N27610 | Continental Airlines | bird strike incident (1 gull hit left side of radome fuselage on approach to Raleigh, NC (KRDU)) |
| 1 October 2010 | N27610 | United Airlines | merger |
| 19 March 2012 | N27610 | United Airlines | TT: 45359 hours; 24306 cycles |
| 15 May 2012 | PK-CLC | Sriwijaya Air | registered |
| 23 March 2020 | PK-CLC | Sriwijaya Air | parked/stored at Surabaya |
| 19 December 2020 | PK-CLC | Sriwijaya Air | resumed service |
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Pontianak Airport as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Pontianak Airport as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
