Latest News From SJ-182 Sriwijaya Air Accident: 1 Victim Successfully Identified, Remaining 3 Passengers
Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono (Photo: Indonesian Police Public Relations Division

JAKARTA - The National Police's DVI team has again identified a passenger who was the victim of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crash some time ago. The victim was identified by the identity of Khasanah.

"On this day, the team also succeeded in reconciling and managed to identify one more victim using DNA and medical methods. The victim who was identified as Khazana, is a 57-year-old woman", said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono, to reporters, Tuesday, March 2.

With the identification of one victim, so that based on data as many as 59 people were identified, 30 men and 29 women.

"The method used for this identification, 13 using fingerprints, then 46 using the DNA method and all the bodies have been handed over to the families of the victims for burial", he said.

Meanwhile, referring to the passenger manifest data, 62 people became victims. So far three victims have not been identified.

"There are 3 people who have not been identified, namely the first victim named Arcana Nanik Wahyudi, who is 7 months old. Then the second victim named Dania, the girl who is 2 years old, then the third victim, Panca Widya Nursanti, is a 46-year-old woman", he insisted.

For information, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft on the Jakarta-Pontianak route lost contact in the Thousand Islands shortly after taking off from Soekarno Hatta Airport on Saturday, January 9, 2020.

Furthermore, the authorities provide certainty if the plane crashed around Laki Island and Lancang Island, Thousand Islands.


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