Later in early January 2015, KRI Usman Harun was deployed to search for the black boxes as the ship is equipped with the Thales Underwater Systems TMS 4130C1 hull-mounted sonar.
Kurz darauf, Anfang Januar 2015, lief die KRI Usman Harun aus, um nach den Black-Box-Flugschreibern zu suchen, da das Schiff mit am Rumpf montierten Thales Underwater Systems TMS 4130C1 ausgestattet ist.