Dozens of grieving relatives have visited the site where an Indonesian jet plunged into the sea, killing all 62 people on board, after retrieval efforts ceased.
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2021-01-15 09:38:27 GMT2021-01-15 17:38:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English JAKARTA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) Indonesia s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has extended the search for victims of last week s Sriwijaya Air crash as well as the aircraft s cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and other materials for another three days, the agency s chief said here on Friday. It was decided that the joint search and rescue (SAR) operation to search for Sriwijaya Air victims will be extended for another three days until Monday, Basarnas chief Bagus Puruhito told reporters.The Boeing 737-500 passenger aircraft with 62 people aboard slammed into the Java Sea on Saturday last week, minutes after take-off from Jakarta en route to Indonesian city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.Basarnas search and rescue mission coordinator Rasman M.S. said on Friday that as many as 130 divers have been deployed to search for the victims and the aircraft materials.The agency has also deploy
Jan 15, 2021
Rescuers search for survivors among the ruin of a building damaged by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia s Sulawesi island this morning just after midnight, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing a number of people. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sulawesi island just after midnight today, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 42 people.
More than 600 people were injured by the magnitude 6.2 quake, which sent people fleeing their homes in the darkness. Authorities were still collecting information about the full scale of casualties and damage in the affected areas.