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2021-01-11 02:05:42 GMT2021-01-11 10:05:42(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JAKARTA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) Rescuers have retrieved a turbine of Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into waters off Indonesia s capital Jakarta on Saturday, and collected more body parts of the victims, a senior official said on Monday morning.
The turbine of the Boeing 737-500 plane was handed over to the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) for analysis, the National Search and Rescue Agency s Spokesman Yusuf Latief told Xinhua.
The turbine was carried by the Navy s KRI Cucut ship and arrived before midnight, according to him.
The rescuers have also found more body parts of the victims of the aircraft with the flight number of SJ-182, he said. A total 62 people were on board during the fatal accident.
The crew of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed off Jakarta at the weekend with 62 people aboard did not declare an emergency or report technical problems before it suddenly plunged into the sea, an investigator said Monday.