4 Bodies Of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Passengers Delivered To Family

JAKARTA - The bodies of four passengers on the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands have been handed over to the family from the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta. The bodies submitted were identified using both fingerprints and DNA.

The latest, Karo Penmas, Public Relations Division of the Police Headquarters, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono, said that the Police Hospital handed over the bodies of passengers on behalf of Ricko who were identified through DNA samples on Thursday, January 14 yesterday.

"Earlier, at 16.00 WIB, the family of the late Ricko, we have handed over his body to the family for burial," said Rusdi in a press conference held at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Friday, January 15.

Before Ricko, the passenger's body who was first handed over to the family was Okky Bisma. He is a steward on the fateful plane.

Furthermore, the National Police Hospital in succession in the past two days handed over the bodies of Asy Habul Yamin, Fadly Satrianto, and Ricko to the family.

Regarding the handover of the body, Rusdi said this was done in accordance with the agreement of the family. The National Police Hospital, he continued, would welcome the family to wait for any body parts or other body parts that could be found or identified.

The National Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Team has currently identified 17 bodies of passengers.

Previously, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route had lost contact in the Thousand Islands shortly after taking off from Soekarno Hatta Airport on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Furthermore, the authorities confirmed that the plane crashed in the vicinity of Laki and Pulau Lancang, Thousand Islands.

The total aircraft carried 62 people, including 12 crew members and 50 passengers consisting of 40 adult passengers, seven children and three babies.