More body parts, debris found from crashed Indonesian jet
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More body parts and debris from the crashed Indonesian Lion Air JT 610 plane were found on waters of Karawang in West Java province on Tuesday, authorities said.
West Java Police Chief Agung Budi Maryoto said debris from the crashed plane have moved towards Karawang's Tanjung shore, approximately three nautical miles away from Monday's location, due to the movement of ocean currents.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft en route to the city of Pangkal Pinang with 189 people onboard was reported missing at around 6:30 a.m. local time Monday, and was believed to have crashed 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport.
The chance of finding bodies of the victims became slimmer at this stage, as the bodies would start sinking to the bottom of the seabed, said Agung Budi Maryoto.
Meanwhile, another search team with divers from the navy's special units also found body parts from under the sea surface on Tuesday. The remains were put into two bags and handed over to the national search and rescue team.
Indonesian authorities said all findings, including body parts and debris from the crashed plane, would be gathered in Jakarta's Tanjung Priok seaport for analysis.
The body parts would then be sent to police hospital for identification, while debris from the crashed plane would be sent to Halim Perdanakusumah airport in eastern Jakarta for further examination.
Head of Indonesian Transportation Safety Committee Soerjanto Tjahjono said the captain of the plane had asked for a Return to Base (RTB) procedure two minutes after taking off, at a height of 518 meters, as he felt that something went wrong with the plane.
Indonesia authorities said the plane had been crushed into pieces from severe impact with sea surface, after it dived at a rapid speed, allegedly from 3,000-feet (900-meter) height.
Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Operational Director Bambang Suryo Aji on Monday ruled out the possibility that the plane exploded in the sky as the debris showed no signs of being burnt.
He said the chance was slim to find any survivors.
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