IDNEWSNOW.COM, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri)’s disaster victim identification (DVI) unit on Monday announced it had identified one victim who was onboard the ill-fated Sriwijaya Air SJ182 flight on Saturday, January 9.
“[The victim] is identified as Okky Bisma,” said national police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Rusdi Hartono in Monday’s virtual press conference.
The police DVI unit has received 17 body bags and had 16 more to identify.
The police have established two antemortem posts located at the Police Bhayangkara Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, and another at the Supadio International Airport in Pontianak, West Kalimantan.
Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 tragically crashed not long after taking off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Saturday, January 9. The Boeing 737-500 initially lost contact with air traffic control just four minutes after taking off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 14: 36 Western Indonesia Time (WIB) for a domestic flight destined for Pontianak.
Flight SJ182 carried a total of 62 people with 40 adult passengers, seven children, three babies, and 12 crew members.
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