Indonesian authorities say they have found the location where they believe a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from the country's capital Jakarta on Saturday. The Sriwijaya Air jet was carrying 62 people when it disappeared from radars four minutes into its journey to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province. On Sunday, signals thought to be
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia identified a victim from the Sriwijaya Air crash on Monday as emergency crews prepared to send in a remotely operated underwater vehicle to search for the jet’s cockpit recorders in the sea.
The Boeing 737-500 plane with 62 people on board plunged into the Java Sea two days ago, minutes after taking off from Jakarta’s main airport.
Divers scoured the sea bed on Monday, retrieving human remains, personal possessions and pieces of plane wreckage until fading light ended the search, emergency officials said.
Okky Bisma, a flight attendant on the plane, was identified by his fingerprints, a police official told reporters
Indonesian divers find parts of Boeing wreckage in Java Sea
Parts of the Boeing 737-500 were found in the sea at a depth of 75 feet during Sunday search operations, officials believe they identified the flight data recorder.
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Indonesian Navy divers pull out a part of an airplane out of the water during a search operation for the Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed into the sea near Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Author: Associated Press Updated: 8:32 PM MST January 10, 2021
JAKARTA, Indonesia Authorities said they determined the location of the crash site and black boxes of a Boeing 737-500 on Sunday, a day after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with 62 people on board shortly after taking off from Indonesia s capital.