Indonesian Plane Crash 2021 – A Wake-up Call
Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune
Indonesian Plane Crash 2021 – A Wake-up Call
The recent accident highlights the limitations in our underwater search & recovery capabilities
On 06 January 2021, an Indonesian airline aircraft met with an accident in the Java Sea with 62 people onboard. In the recent past, Indonesia has had a number of airline accidents in the Java Sea. In December 2014, as many as 162 people went down onboard an AirAsia jetliner, and in 2018, a Lion Air aircraft crashed with 189 passengers. We are aware of the MH370 from Malaysia, Indian Navy’s AN32 in the Andaman Sea, and many other airliners that could not be recovered. Recovery of the debris is extremely critical to investigate the cause of the crash, so that we can ascertain lessons for the future and make amendments. The track record of Underwater Search & Recovery (UWSAR) has been extremely poor across the globe and is further degraded in the tropical littoral waters.
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Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Founder and Director, MRC, Pune