Divers to Find Ping Location of QZ8501

Jakarta (Antara) - Chief of the National SAR Agency Bambang Soelistyo said several teams of divers will touch seabed to find QZ8501's black box as and when a ping signal is received from an emergency locator transmitter. "We have several divers ready. We can send them to confirm the location of the black box as soon as we get a ping signal," Soelistyo said here on Friday. Several teams have been prepared and are ready in a number of vessels that have the ability to detect ping signals from a black box. However, the Chief added that diving will depend on weather and wave conditions as well as underwater visibility range. "If the weather and waves are in good condition and visibility range perfect, I will command the divers to go ahead than wait for the Remotely Underwater Operated Vehicle, so we can discover the black box faster," Soelistyo noted. (*)