The National Police Hospital Received 137 Body Bags From The Fall Of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182

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

JAKARTA - Entering the fifth day of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane crash, the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, Jakarta as a whole has received 137 body bags and 112 DNA samples from victims' families.

"At 09.00 WIB this morning the team received 112 DNA samples and the team also received 137 body bags," said Karo Penmas, the National Police's Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono in a press conference at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Wednesday, January 13.

Not only the body bag and DNA samples, Rusdi said that his party also received a bag containing the victim's property.

"(Polri Hospital, red) received 35 property bags which of course will be identified by the team," he said.

Furthermore, the body bag containing the body parts from the crash site will be carried out by the identification process.

It is known, this identification process has also yielded results. Until the fourth day yesterday, four passengers had identified their identities and two of them were crews from Sriwijaya Air.

The two crews are Okky Bisma who is the flight attendent or steward of the unlucky plane and Fadly Satrianto who is an extra crew.

While the other two were passengers, namely Khasanah and Asy Habul Yamin.

Previously reported, 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, 2020. Furthermore, the authorities confirmed if the plane crashed around Male Island and Lancang Island, Thousand Islands.

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