Day 3 Of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 Plane Crash, National Police Hospital Receives 16 Body Bags

Karonpenmas, National Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono (Photo: Wardhany Tsa Tsa / VOI)

JAKARTA - National Police Public Relations Division Karonpenmas, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono, said the Kramat Jati Police Hospital had received 16 body bags containing body parts after the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands on Saturday, January 9.

"Until 09.00 WIB, the DVI team also received 16 body bags," said Rusdi in a press conference held at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Monday, January 11.

Furthermore, today the identification process of dozens of body bags has begun to be carried out based on the data that has been collected from the families of passengers.

"Of course, the future tasks of Posmortem members will be to identify body bags and antemortem officers will continue to collect the required data from the families of the victims," he said.

In addition to having received dozens of body bags, Kramat Jati Police Hospital has also received three bags of property.

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

Then, the plane piloted by Captain Afwan was confirmed to have crashed between Male Island and Lancang Island, Thousand Islands.

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.

Regarding this incident, the National Police has prepared a post at the Police Hospital and operates for 24 hours. Families of passengers who wish to provide specific data or information regarding the passengers of the unlucky plane can visit the post.