Members of Indonesian Navy search for victims of the Lion Air JT610 plane (Photo: AFP/VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Ship Baruna Jaya I ofthe Marine Survey Technology of the Indonesia Research and Technology Agencyhas detected signals from the suspected black box of Lion Air JT610 plane, saidhead of the agency M. Ilyas on October 31.
The airplane crashed into the sea off Karawangin Indonesia's West Java province in the morning of October 29.
M. Ilyas added that three objects were alsodetected around the ship, strongly believed to be related to the plane'sfuselage and black box.
The passenger jet, a Boeing 737 Max 8 codedJT610, was en route from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang on Bangka Island, carrying189 people onboard. It lost contact with the air traffic control just 13 minutesafter takeoff.
Data showed that the plane might have crashedinto the sea from the height of over 1,000 m and a speed of about 640 km perhour. It is likely there were no survivors from the accident.
Indonesia’s Port of Tanjung Priok has zoned offan area for a crisis management centre following the accident. During the pasttwo days, families of the victims came to the port to search for theirbelongings.
Meanwhile, authorised agencies have collectedDNA samples from 147 relatives of the victims of the Lion Air JT610 plane crashfor identification.
The process is carried out by the DisasterVictim Identification (DVI) team and Kramat Jati Police hospital, incooperation with a forensic team from the University of Indonesia, PadjajaranUniversity, and Fatmawati Hospital.
Indonesia's National Transportation SafetyCommittee (NTSC) said many countries, including Argentina, the US,Singapore, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, had also offered their help in search andinvestigation.-VNA
The airplane crashed into the sea off Karawangin Indonesia's West Java province in the morning of October 29.
M. Ilyas added that three objects were alsodetected around the ship, strongly believed to be related to the plane'sfuselage and black box.
The passenger jet, a Boeing 737 Max 8 codedJT610, was en route from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang on Bangka Island, carrying189 people onboard. It lost contact with the air traffic control just 13 minutesafter takeoff.
Data showed that the plane might have crashedinto the sea from the height of over 1,000 m and a speed of about 640 km perhour. It is likely there were no survivors from the accident.
Indonesia’s Port of Tanjung Priok has zoned offan area for a crisis management centre following the accident. During the pasttwo days, families of the victims came to the port to search for theirbelongings.
Meanwhile, authorised agencies have collectedDNA samples from 147 relatives of the victims of the Lion Air JT610 plane crashfor identification.
The process is carried out by the DisasterVictim Identification (DVI) team and Kramat Jati Police hospital, incooperation with a forensic team from the University of Indonesia, PadjajaranUniversity, and Fatmawati Hospital.
Indonesia's National Transportation SafetyCommittee (NTSC) said many countries, including Argentina, the US,Singapore, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, had also offered their help in search andinvestigation.-VNA
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