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Sriwijaya plane crash: Families of victims provide 53 DNA samples 11th January 2021 A press conference was held at the Jakarta Police Hospital on the Sriwijaya Air plane crash. (ANTARA / Benardy Ferdiansyah) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team at the Medical and Health Center of the National Police Hospital has received 53 DNA samples from the families of victims of the Sriwijaya Air plane crash. As of 5 p.m. Western Indonesia time (WIB), the DVI team has received DNA samples from the families of the victims, totaling 53 DNA samples, spokesperson for the National Police Hospital, Brigadier General Pol Rusdi Hartono, said during a press conference in Jakarta on Monday. ....
Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air plane loses contact after taking off from Jakarta Indonesia’s Sriwijaya Air lost contact with a plane that left Jakarta on Saturday, according to Indonesia’s Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono. Sriwijaya Air flight SJY 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak lost contact at 2:40 p.m. Western Indonesian Time (2:40 a.m. ET) on Saturday, according to state-run Antara news agency. The missing Indonesia plane was carrying 50 passengers 43 adults and 7 children as well as 12 crew members, Indonesia’s Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said during a press conference on Wednesday. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, Basarnas, is now conducting a search operation, he added. ....