Handover Of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182's Body Has Not Yet Been Carried Out, Polri: Family Is Still Waiting For Another Body Part

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

JAKARTA - The National Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team has succeeded in identifying four Sriwijaya Air passengers with flight number SJ-182 who crashed in the waters of the Thousand Islands.

It's just that, until now there has been no handover of bodies to the family even though the Police Hospital is ready to do so.

"The first public question arose, why has it been identified but until now there has been no handover of the body to the victim's family? We want to explain, in principle, the team is ready to hand over it all," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono in a press conference at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital. , East Jakarta, Wednesday, January 13.

According to him, the family of the identified passengers still hopes that other parts of the body can be identified. So, they decided not to immediately retrieve the bodies of the passengers of the unlucky plane.

"The desire of the family is that because the reconciliation process is still ongoing, it is possible that more body parts of the victims can be found," he said.

"So that the family wants what has been found to be stored first, maybe if there are additions it will be an added part," continued Rusdi.

It is known that the National Police's DVI Team succeeded in four passengers on the plane that crashed on Saturday, January 9. Those who were identified were Okky Bisma, Fadly Satrianto, Khasanah and Asy Habul Yamin.

Previously reported, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route had lost contact around the Thousand Islands shortly after taking off from Soekarno Hatta Airport, Cengkareng. Furthermore, the authorities confirmed if the plane crashed near Male Island and Lancang Island.

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

Until now, the SAR Team, which consists of various elements, is still searching for the passengers and body parts of the plane. Most recently, the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) black box section of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft has been found.

This FDR was discovered on Tuesday, January 12. Furthermore, while looking for the fuselage and passengers of the plane, the team also conducted a search for the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR).