Indonesia plane crash update: Body parts found off Jakarta coast
- 'We've received two bags, one with passenger belongings and the other with body parts,' official said
- Search and rescue efforts remained underway
- Last contact with the aircraft was made at 2:40 p.m. local time, four minutes after take off
Body parts have been found at the Indonesian
airplane crash site as search and rescue efforts remain underway, AFP reported.
Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, with 62 people on board, crashed shortly after taking off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on
Saturday. The plane was bound for the city of Pontianak on the island of Borneo.
Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry said
that the last contact with the aircraft was made at 2:40 p.m. local time, four
minutes after take off.
Data
from FlightRadar24 showed the aircraft reached an altitude of nearly 11,000
feet before dropping to 250 feet and losing contact with air traffic control.
As search and rescue efforts remain
underway, Indonesian investigators said they have found body parts off
the coast of Jakarta where the flight crashed.
“As of this morning, we’ve received two (body) bags, one
with passenger belongings and the other with body parts,” Jakarta police
spokesman Yusri Yunus told Metro TV.
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