Eight Bodies Of SJ-182 Sriwijaya Air Victims Were Handed Over To Their Families And Immediately Buried

Press conference at the National Police Hospital regarding the development of the identification of the bodies of Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 passengers (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police Hospital handed over the bodies of 8 victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane to the family. Later, the body will be buried immediately.

"Today 8 bodies have been handed over to the family for burial," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono in a press conference held at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital, East Jakarta, Saturday, January 16.

Rusdi said that the 8 victims who had been sent back to their families included:

1. Agus Minarni

2. Pipit Yono

3. Ihsan Adhlan

4. Isti Yudha

5. Dinda Amelia

6. Putri Wahyuni

7. John Suherdi

8. Indah Halimah Putri

Currently, all the bodies have been received by the family. Then, in the near future it will be buried.

"The family has received 8 bodies for burial," he said.

Meanwhile, the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane on the Jakarta-Pontianak route lost contact in the Thousand Islands shortly after taking off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng on Saturday, January 9, 2020. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the plane had crashed between Male Island and the island. Lancang, 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.

Furthermore, the National Police is currently opening antiemortem posts in two different places, namely in Pontianak and at the Kramat Jati Police Hospital.

The post at the Police Hospital operates 24 hours. So, the families of passengers who want to provide specific data or information related to the passengers of the unlucky plane can come to the post.