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In Pictures: Indonesia searchers find wreckage of crashed plane

Indonesian ships with rescue divers locate jet debris after it crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff on Saturday.

Rescuers carry a body bag containing human remains recovered from the sea where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]
Published On 10 Jan 2021

Divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Sunday as the military picked up a signal from the wreckage of a passenger jet that crashed with 62 people on board.

The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 went into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Saturday.

A military vessel picked up the plane’s signal and divers recovered wreckage 23 metres (75 feet) below the water’s surface, the transport ministry said.

The search and rescue agency said it so far collected five body bags with human remains as well as debris from the crash site.

A worker sprays disinfectant on body bags containing human remains recovered from the waters where the Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]
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Indonesian Navy divers show parts of an aircraft recovered from the water during the search operations. [AP Photo]
Investigators inspect debris found in the waters off Java island. [Dita Alangkara/AP Photo]
An Indonesian Air Force employee looks through the window of a NAS-332 Super Puma helicopter during an aerial search for debris from Sriwijaya Air SJ-182. [Aditya Pradana Putra/Antara Foto via Reuters]
Ships search for the Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182. Indonesian divers located parts of the wreckage of the Boeing 737-500 in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with dozens of people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]
Indonesian Navy divers hold wreckage from Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182 during the search and rescue operation at sea near Lancang island. [Adek Berry/AFP]
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Indonesian rescue members carry what is believed to be wreckage from Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182. The aircarft with 62 people on board was en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan before it disappeared from radar screens on Saturday. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
Sri Lungdiyanti, 41, a family member of a Sriwijaya Air passenger, reacts to the news that flight SJ-182 crashed after taking off, in Tegal, Central Java Province. [Oky Lukmansyah/Antara Foto via Reuters]
Relatives of passengers on board missing Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182 wait for news at the Supadio airport in Pontianak. [Louis Anderson/AFP]
People wait at a temporary crisis centre organised in the domestic terminal of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, after Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 lost contact after taking off, in Tangerang, near Jakarta. [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]
Indonesian soldiers are seen at Soekarno-Hatta international airport after the Sriwijaya Air plane lost contact after take-off. [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]