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Police began DNA testing to identify the victims of Lion Air's JT610 flight, which crashed into the Java Sea on Monday morning, and collected DNA samples from 152 police hospital relatives from Bhayangkara to Kramat Jati, east of Jakarta.
Deputy Chief of the National Police, comr. General Ari Don Dono Sukamto said that at least 15 forensic scientists and DNA experts were working on the identification of body parts recovered by the National Agency for Search and Rescue (Basarnas) in the Java sea.
"The common staff has collected up to now 24 body bags, [some] Containing body parts of the victims – not bodies intact, "Ari said at a press conference Tuesday.
Mr. Syaugi, director of Basarnas, said that 10 body bags contained body parts and that the remaining 14 bags contained aircraft debris and personal belongings believed to belong to the victims of the accident.
The pain is palpable in the hospital, as families cry silently while holding diplomas, family ID cards and other documents that can help identify the victims.
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Air traffic control at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport lost contact with the aircraft shortly after takeoff from it at 6:20 am on Monday. The plane was scheduled to arrive at 7:20 am at Depati Amir airport in Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung Islands.
The plane was carrying 189 people on board, including 178 adult passengers, three miners, two pilots and six cabin crew members.
Separately, the insp. General Agung Budi Maryoto called on local residents to assist the authorities in the Search and Rescue (SAR) operation to locate the crew members and passengers of the aircraft shot down.
"I ask residents and fishermen to join a beach patrol along the coast, as the waves come in that direction [to Pakisjaya Beach]"Agung said quoted by the Antara news agency.
Those discovering aircraft debris or victims' bodies should immediately inform the joint team at a station on Pakisjaya Beach, Agung said, adding that the information would be forwarded to the RS command post. located at the port of Tanjung Priok, north of Jakarta. (Af)
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