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Indonesian rescue members carry a body bag from Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, which crashed into the sea, at International Container Terminal port in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 11, 2021. Reuters pic
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JAKARTA, Jan 11 Indonesian navy divers scouring the sea bed were closing in on data recorders from a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea two days ago with 62 people on board minutes after take-off from Jakarta’s main airport.
With little prospect now of finding survivors, authorities also said that there would be a focus on recovering the bodies of victims.
Indonesia Rescuers Pull Human Remains From Plane Crash Site Bloomberg 1/11/2021 Harry Suhartono, Rieka Rahadiana and Alan Levin
(Bloomberg) Search teams at the site of the Sriwijaya Air crash in Indonesia have sent body bags and items of clothing to police for identification as they expand the search for the aircraft’s black boxes.
The Boeing Co. 737-500 passenger jet carrying 62 people plunged more than 10,000 feet shortly after takeoff at 2:36 p.m. local time Saturday. Investigators said it came down quickly and broke apart after hitting the Java Sea, but haven’t determined a cause for the 26-year-old plane’s crash.
News by Olivia Burke, The Sun 11th Jan 2021 8:28 AM Â A heartbreaking message has been revealed of a mum who was travelling with her children on Saturday s doomed Indonesian flight SJ182 which crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff. She sent the pictures from Jakarta s airport alongside the message: Bye bye family. We re heading home for now, with two emojis blowing kisses. Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 took off from the Indonesian capital on Saturday bound for Pontianak, on the Indonesian side of Borneo, when it lost contact at 2.40pm local time. Authorities in Indonesia say they have located the plane s black boxes that may help in determining the reason for the crash.
Read more about Indonesia s crashed plane likely ruptured on hitting waters: Investigator on Business Standard. Head of Indonesia s National Transportation Safety Committee Soerjanto Tjahjono said the Sriwijaya Airplane with 62 people on board that crashed into waters might break apart when hitting waters