Body parts found in Boeing 737 crash in Indonesia
Investigators said on January 10 that they had found body parts from the Indonesian plane crash in a coastal area near the capital Jakarta.
“This morning, we received two bags, one containing belongings of many of the unfortunate passengers, the other containing body parts of the victims,” CTGN news agency quoted Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus as saying.
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| Some belongings of the ill-fated passengers were found on January 10. Photo: AP |
According to CTGN, a Boeing 737-500 of Sriwijaya Air carrying 62 people, including 12 crew members, crashed on January 9, just minutes after taking off from the capital Jakarta.Indonesiato go to Pontianak region in West Kalimantan province.
Speaking at a press conference on the evening of January 9, Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said that the Indonesian President had ordered the agency to devote all its efforts to search and rescue.
In addition, in a statement released by the Indonesian Navy on the same day, they determined the location.plane crashand mobilized many ships and divers there.
