Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Plane Crashed, One Body Bag Was Taken To The National Police Hospital

ILLUSTRATION / Sriwijaya Air Aircraft (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - One body bag was taken to the Police Hospital, Kramat Jati, Jakarta. This body bag previously carried findings related to the downing of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft which was placed at the JICT2 post, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

Quoted from a Kompas TV broadcast, Sunday, January 10, the body bag was carried by the Metro Jaya Police Dokkes car in the early hours of the morning.

Previously, the Head of the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Inspector General Fadil Imran, said that the Antemortem Post at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta had identified the first phase of the victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 plane that crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

Fadil mentioned the identification of the first phase, namely taking the manifest, "pasengger list", photos from the "CCTV" camera to identify the secondary, both from clothes and so on.

"The National Police is focused on the DVI team. We have prepared for anti-mortem, if there are families who will provide information on primary and secondary data," said the Head of Metro Jaya Police, Inspector General Fadil Imran, quoted by Antara, Sunday, January 10 in the morning.

One body bag brought to the National Police Hospital (screenshot Kompas TV)

Inspector General Fadil stated that the team at the post was a collaboration of forensic experts from the National Police, the Indonesian National Armed Forces and academics from higher education who would identify victims.

The posts also receive support from government hospitals that have the ability to identify primary and secondary.

Ante Mortem identification is identification with the physical data of the victim such as name, age, weight, height, clothes and accessories worn by the last time the victim to the victim's luggage, and other possessions.

"We have taken 20 family members to the National Police hospital," said Fadil.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Raden Prabowo Argo Yuwono, said that the National Police had alerted the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team at the Said Soekanto Police Hospital, Jakarta to identify the victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ 182 crash.

"The National Police is preparing a DVI team at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital," said Inspector General Argo via a press release, in Jakarta, Saturday (9/1) night.

He said Ditpolair Baharkam Polri had deployed a number of ships and air vessels to assist in the evacuation of aircraft.

There were seven ships that were deployed, namely KP Kolibri, KP Pelatuk, KP Elang Laut, KP SBU, KP Sundecus, KPC, and KP Bisma. Then also two helicopters.

"We are also deploying Dauphin As 365 N.3 helicopters and Bel 429 P.3202 helicopters," said Argo.

According to Argo, the National Police also deployed the 2003 Ship, the 2008 Ship and the Polda Metro Jaya Raptor Ship.

Meanwhile, 192 personnel were deployed, including those from the Jaya Regional Military Command, which remained under the control of Basarnas.

Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft took off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport, at 14:36 WIB, Saturday, January 9. One minute later the plane to Pontianak was at an altitude of 1,700 feet and was allowed to rise to an altitude of 29 thousand feet following instrument standards.

"At 14:40 Sriwijaya did not go to 075 degrees but to the northwest, therefore ATC was asked to report the direction of the plane. Not long after, in a matter of seconds, SJY 182 disappeared from radar, "said Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Saturday, January 9.

There were 62 passengers including the crew of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft. Of the total passengers, there are 7 children and 3 babies.

The Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft had its departure delayed for 30 minutes. The reason was the heavy rain.