Dredger Digs Up VDR from Crashed Sriwijaya Air Jet in the Java Sea
Indonesia has recovered the cockpit voice recorder from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in January, and the air accident investigator said on Wednesday it could take up to a week to be able to listen to the recording.The CVR could help investigators understand the actions taken by the pilots of the doomed jet, which crashed shortly after take-off on Jan. 9, killing all 62 people on board.A preliminary report by investigators released in February said the plane had an imbalance in engine thrust that eventually led it into a sharp roll and then a final dive into the sea. The report
Indonesia Using ROV in Search for Sriwijaya Air Plane Crash Victims
Indonesia has deployed a remotely operated underwater vehicle to help divers search for the remains of victims and recover the flight recorders from a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea three days ago soon after takeoff.The Boeing 737-500 plane with 62 people on board plunged into the Java Sea Saturday afternoon, four minutes after taking off from Jakarta’s main airport.Indonesian police made the first identification of a victim from the crash on Monday. Flight attendant Okky Bisma was identified by his fingerprints, said a police official.“My super kind husband... Heaven
New Approach to Pipeline Repair
IRM Systems, an independent authority on emergency pipeline repairs, announced that as a result of a new and innovative approach to pipeline repair, it contributed to achieving dramatic cost-savings on the recent repair of a live subsea pipeline in the Java Sea, Indonesia. The objective of the operation was to seal a tear on a weld seam by installing a permanent repair solution. IRM Systems began providing engineering services for the project in January 2015. Normally, the operation would have been executed by a major EPIC company – and nearly was – but in this instance
US Navy Ships Exit AirAsia Search
QZ8501, The U.S. Navy reported. Working in coordination with the Government of Indonesia, the U.S. 7th Fleet assigned USS Sampson and USS Fort Worth to the mission shortly after the December 28 crash. USS Sampson departed from Singapore December 29 and arrived on station in the Java Sea December 30. The guided-missile destroyer with more than 300 crewmembers immediately began conducting surface and aerial searches in coordination with Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) near the suspected crash site. Capt. Fred Kacher, commodore of Destroyer Squadron
Divers Continue Hunt for AirAsia Black Boxes
Indonesian search and rescue teams plan to start lifting the crashed AirAsia jet's tail off the sea bed on Friday, officials said, raising hopes that "black box" recorders can be retrieved to reveal the cause of the disaster. Scores of divers plunged into the Java Sea on Thursday to search the wreckage of Flight QZ8501, which vanished from radar screens on Dec. 28 less than half-way into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were no survivors among the 162 people on board. The cause of the crash remains a mystery
ROVs Aid Recovery Efforts at Air Asia Crash Site
On December 28 AirAsia Flight QZ8501 left Surabaya, Indonesia bound for Singapore with 162 people on board. Forty six minutes later, the plane disappeared from radar. Air traffic control said it lost communications with the crew somewhere over the Java Sea. The flight path took the Airbus A320 between the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. For three days, 30 ships and 21 aircraft from Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and the United States scoured the area. On December 30, it was confirmed floating debris had been spotted, along with several bodies. An international
Teledyne Gavia AUV to Aid AirAsia Search and Recovery
Background On Sunday, December 28, 2014, Air Asia flight QZ8501 crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people on board. Search and recovery efforts are currently underway to locate all parts of the aircraft and recover the cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder. On or around December 31, Java Offshore was in coordination with Balai Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT) to assist the AirAsia QZ8501 Search and Rescue operation. Java Offshore’s survey vessel, Java Imperia, has been on standby, awaiting cue from Badan SAR Nasional (BASARNAS) to support the search.
Nordic Maritime Awarded Seismic Survey Project
survey work,” said Nordic Maritime’s Executive Director, Kjell Gauksheim. “We are very pleased to be working with our partners for KrisEnergy, on a project that will likely occupy the vessel until the end of October.” The Sakti exploration block covers 4,974 sq km in the East Java Sea with water depths up to 60 metres. KrisEnergy holds 95% operated working interest. Golden Haven Jaya Ltd holds the remaining 5%. Earlier this year, the Nordic Bahari completed a 2,500 line km 2D marine seismic data acquisition & processing services in East Malaysia's Sarawak T3 Block, for
Subsea Pipeline Pressure Intervention Averts Major Disruprtion
TDW has ever executed. The challenging hot tap and STOPPLE plugging operation was carried out for main contractor Timas Suplindo in cooperation with Offshore Construction Specialists on behalf of Pertamina EP, on sections of the pipeline network attached to the Lima Flow Station in the North West Java Sea. Work was carried out as part of the Lima Subsidence Remediation Project. The initiative aims to raise the Lima Flow Station that has been slowly subsiding into the seabed since 1997. The flow station consists of compression, service and process platforms, as well as a platform
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