Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Findings Update: 1 Body Part Of Aircraft Victims

JAKARTA - The National Search and Rescue Agency received an additional body part of the victim of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane which crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

One body part was brought from the KN and SAR Basudewa Ship which arrived at the JICT II Integrated Command Post, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. The Basudewa ship arrived at the location at around 11.30 WIB.

"For the third day, what we managed to evacuate was the body part, which Basudewa took to Tanjung Priok Port," said Basudewa Ship commander, Basri at the JICT II Integrated Command Post, Monday, January 11.

Continuing, Basarnas Operations Director Brigjen TNI (Mar) Rasman said that a body bag containing the victim's body part would be taken to the Police Hospital to be identified by the Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team.

"Thank you to the commander of the KN SAR Basudewa for delivering a bag of body parts. Next, we will hand it over to the DVI team for further processing," said Rasman.

With the addition of one body part, the joint operations team has obtained a total of 18 body parts for aircraft victims, 5 pieces of clothing, 16 large pieces of aircraft, and 10 small pieces of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft.

For information, the Sriwijaya Air plane crash with PK-CLC SJ182 registration number on the Jakarta-Pontianak route started with lost contact on Saturday, January 9, 14:40 WIB. Then, it was confirmed that the plane crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands, precisely between Lancang Island and Male Island.

There are 53 ships operated by a joint team from the National SAR Agency, TNI, Polri, as well as supporting volunteers in the search for victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane.

When there is a discovery of plane debris, Basarnas will hand it over to the National Transportation Safety Committee. Meanwhile, pieces of the victim's body or property were handed over to the Police DVI team for identification.