JAKARTA (Antara): Although search teams are now working hard to locate the wreckage of Adam Air plane, the government says that even the body is located, it will not be lifted soon due to the absence of technology.
"... An effort to lift and evacuate the wreckage of Adam Air plane has to wait until there is available technology," Hatta was quoted by Antara news agency Friday.
He, however, said the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Lynn Pascoe had told him that his country would try to lift the plane body after SAR teams locate it.
The Adam Air Boeing 737 went missing more than three weeks ago after reporting heavy winds off the western coast of Sulawesi while flying from East Java's capital of Surabaya to North Sulawesi's capital of Manado.
Search teams have since found almost 200 pieces of debris - mostly small pieces of the wings, tail, cockpit and cabin - but no bodies.
A U.S. Navy vessel picked up signals from the flight data and cockpit recorders, also known as black boxes, in waters off South Sulawesi, and has informed Indonesian officials of their location.
Hatta said that his office has received information about the location of plane's two black boss on Jan 22, but his office delayed announcing it to public for further confirmation and verification.
The position of the flight data recorder is at 1,800 meter-depth under the sea, while its Voice Data Recorder is at 2.000 meter-dept.
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