By Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina
JAKARTA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Bye bye family. We re heading home for now, Ratih Windania posted on Instagram from Jakarta s airport with pictures of three laughing children and two emojis blowing kisses.
The message was sent just before they boarded a plane from the Indonesian capital on Saturday that crashed into the sea minutes after take-off, carrying 62 passengers and crew. Pray for us, her brother Irfansyah Riyanto posted on Instagram with a picture of the family.
Indonesian authorities said they had recovered pieces of wreckage and body parts on Sunday from the waters north of the capital where Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ 182 disappeared in rainy weather.
Updated: 10 Jan 2021, 18:24
Rathi Windania posted pictures of three laughing children before boarding the Boeing 737 that crashed into the sea carrying 62 passengers and crew members just minutes after takeoff.
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Her brother Irfansyah Riyanto desperately waits for information on his five family members on board the planeCredit: Instagram
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Divers have began to locate personal items of the passengersCredit: AP:Associated Press
She sent the pictures from Jakarta s airport alongside the message: Bye bye family. We re heading home for now, with two emojis blowing kisses.
The flight took off from the Indonesian capital on Saturday bound for Pontianak, on the Indonesian side of Borneo, when it lost contact at 2:40pm.