Until This Morning, The National Police Hospital Has Received 56 Body Bags From The Crash Site Of The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Plane

JAKARTA - Police Public Relations Division Karopenmas, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono, said the Kramat Jati Police Hospital had received dozens of body bags from the crash site of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane during the search process.

"We have received 56 body bags as well as property bags," Rusdi said in a press conference at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Tuesday, January 12.

In addition, until 09.00 WIB, the Police DVI Team had also received 58 DNA samples from the family of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 passengers who crashed into the waters of the Thousand Islands.

As is known, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route lost contact shortly after taking off from Soekarno Hatta Airport on Saturday, January 9, 2020. The news of the plane's lost contact was followed by certainty that the plane crashed near Male Island. .

In total, the plane carried 62 people, including 12 crew members and 50 passengers. The 50 passengers consisted of 40 adult passengers, seven children and three babies.

Of the dozens of body bags that entered the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, the Police DVI Team has succeeded in identifying a passenger on behalf of Okky Bisma who is a crew or flight attendant of the Sriwijaya SJ-182 aircraft.

This identification was successfully carried out through fingerprints found on Okky's right hand which matched his identity card (KTP).