Rescuers gather debris of crashed plane and body parts of the victims (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – TanjungPriok port has been one of the four centres handling the debris of theIndonesian Lion Air carrier which crashed intothe sea off the coast of Karawang in Indonesia’s West Java province onOctober 29, killing 189 people on board.
The other centres are SoekarnoHatta and Halim airports and the NationalPolice Hospitalin Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.
On the evening of November 1, thefirst ship arrived at the Tanjung Priok harbour with debris of the crashed plane and body parts of thevictims, which have been handed over to the National Police Hospital.
Ari, a staff member of the Indonesian Red Cross, told a VietnamNews Agency correspondent that about 50 Red Cross workers and 13 specialisedtrucks await the ships from Karawang everyday.
According to headof Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Muhammad Syaugi, diverson November 1 used a remotely operated underwater vehicle to locate landinggear; larger parts of the crashed aircraft, including some parts of thefuselage; and parts of several dead bodies on the seabed.
Earlier the same day, the aircraft’s black boxdata recorder was detected among debris in the mud on the sea floor at a depthof 32.5m.
Soerjanto Tjahjono, head of the NationalTransportation Safety Committee, said a preliminary accident report should bereleased within a month with the final report possibly taking up four to sixmonths.
The jet, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, was en route from Jakarta to Pangkakpinang in Bangka Belitung province off Sumatra island. It lost contact with air traffic controljust 13 minutes after takeoff.
The incident is reported to be the first majoraccident involving a Boeing 737 Max – an updated version of the 737.
The Lion Air crash is the worst airline disasterin Indonesiasince 1997, when 234 people died after a Garuda flight crashed near Medan.–VNA
The other centres are SoekarnoHatta and Halim airports and the NationalPolice Hospitalin Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.
On the evening of November 1, thefirst ship arrived at the Tanjung Priok harbour with debris of the crashed plane and body parts of thevictims, which have been handed over to the National Police Hospital.
Ari, a staff member of the Indonesian Red Cross, told a VietnamNews Agency correspondent that about 50 Red Cross workers and 13 specialisedtrucks await the ships from Karawang everyday.
According to headof Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Muhammad Syaugi, diverson November 1 used a remotely operated underwater vehicle to locate landinggear; larger parts of the crashed aircraft, including some parts of thefuselage; and parts of several dead bodies on the seabed.
Earlier the same day, the aircraft’s black boxdata recorder was detected among debris in the mud on the sea floor at a depthof 32.5m.
Soerjanto Tjahjono, head of the NationalTransportation Safety Committee, said a preliminary accident report should bereleased within a month with the final report possibly taking up four to sixmonths.
The jet, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, was en route from Jakarta to Pangkakpinang in Bangka Belitung province off Sumatra island. It lost contact with air traffic controljust 13 minutes after takeoff.
The incident is reported to be the first majoraccident involving a Boeing 737 Max – an updated version of the 737.
The Lion Air crash is the worst airline disasterin Indonesiasince 1997, when 234 people died after a Garuda flight crashed near Medan.–VNA
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