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The bodies of the 189 pbadengers of Lion Air Flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea off Jakarta on Monday morning, are being searched 24 hours a day.

Human remains have been found at the crash site, about 15 km off the coast, but the authorities said they were now focusing on underwater research. They do not expect to find survivors.

The pbadenger plane, connecting Jakarta to an Indonesian tin mining region, lost contact with air traffic control about 13 minutes after take-off on Monday morning, shortly thereafter that his pilot asked to come back. base. The flight data showed that he had plunged into the sea suddenly and violently . The cause of the accident is unknown.

Rescuers released images of debris and personal items floating in the water at the scene of the accident, including handbags, clothing, mobile phones, maps identity and driving licenses.

The head of Basarnas Muhammad Syauqi, the national search and rescue agency, said that no body had been found since Monday at 11 am. As a result, according to the Jakarta Post

Lion Air 610, an underwater search involving 30 specialized divers had begun.

Lion Air sent 169 family members aboard the JT610 to Jakarta to help identify the remains.

The aircraft sank in waters from a depth of about 30 to 35 meters (98 to 115 feet) and divers searched for areas I believe the aircraft could be based on on the wind and currents. The search will last seven days, and three additional days if the aircraft has not been found.

Families of pbadengers on board eagerly awaited news at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Scientist police officers asked them to badist in the identification by providing medical and dental records to the East Jakarta Police Hospital.

One of those on board was Bhavye Suneja, who lived in Jakarta with his wife for two years. The rest of his family lives in Delhi.

Kapish Gandhi, Suneja's cousin, said that his family had been devastated by the news and had gathered in Delhi. "We saw it on TV this morning and we did not know it had to be believed," Gandhi said. "We are all speechless."

Gandhi describes Suneja as someone who loves his job. "

The family members were waiting for news, they were warned that false pictures, representing pbadengers on board, were circulating online.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman for the Indonesian Disaster Relief Agency, published examples of misleading publications on Twitter, including the image of the fuselage of a Lion Air plane at sea. Nugroho said that it was an image of the JT610 flight, but that it was a "hoax".

"This is a photo of the aircraft wreck of the Lion Air JT904", which crashed into the water in Bali in 2013. All pbadengers survived the incident.

The plane that crashed off Jakarta was a Boeing 737 Max 8, a new model marketed last year. The plane had been in service for less than three months.

Lion Air General Manager Edward Sirait told reporters that the plane had suffered a "technical problem" Sunday night, but that engineers had allowed it to fly Monday morning. [19659002] "This plane had already flown from Denpasar to Jakarta," he said. "There was a report on a technical problem, which had been resolved in accordance with the procedure."

Sirait did not elaborate on this and stated that he was not planning to melt the rest of the Lion Air Max 8 fleet. The airline operates 11 Boeing aircraft.

The crash renewed concerns about the safety of Indonesian airlines soon after US and European regulators lifted the bans they were banned from.

The United States and the European Union had banned Indonesian aircraft their skies in 2007 after a series of accidents. The Federal Aviation Administration lifted this ban in August 2016.

In June, European regulators, who had previously authorized Lion Air and some other Indonesian carriers to take the plane back to Europe, lifted their ban on remaining on Indonesian territory.

A spokesman said that the European Commission had not intended to reiterate the ban on Lion Air, but the Australian government warned its officials and subcontractors do not fly with Lion Air while waiting for the conclusions of the investigation of the accident.

Additional Information by Kakoli Bhattacharya