Indonesian rescuers pulled out body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early Sunday morning, a day after a Boeing 737-500 with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, officials said.
Officials were hopeful they were honing in on the wreckage of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 after sonar equipment detected a signal from the aircraft.
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Indonesian rescuers pulled out body parts, pieces of clothing and scraps of metal from the Java Sea early Sunday morning, a day after a Boeing 737-500 with 62 people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, officials said.
“These pieces were found by the SAR team between Lancang Island and Laki Island,” National Search and Rescue Agency Bagus Puruhito in a statement.
Rescuers inspects found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim)
Rescuers carry debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim)
An Indonesian soldier walks past a map showing the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after taking off, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)
Rescuers inspects debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)
President Director of Sriwijaya Air Jefferson Irwin Jauwena speaks to the media during a press conference at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. A Sriwijaya Air's passenger jet carrying dozens if passengers lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. (AP PhotoTatan Syuflana)
Members of National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) prepare an area where debris found in the waters where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers will be brought to be examined, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, early Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island with 56 passengers and six crew members onboard, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)
Rescuers examine debris found in the water off Java Island where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, early Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 carrying dozens of people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)
Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi told reporters that authorities have launched massive search efforts after identifying “the possible location of the crash site.”
Rescuers inspects found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim)
“These pieces were found by the SAR team between Lancang Island and Laki Island,” National Search and Rescue Agency Bagus Puruhito in a statement.
Rescuers carry debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim)
Rescuers inspects found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim)
Rescuers carry debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoAchmad Ibrahim)
An Indonesian soldier walks past a map showing the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after taking off, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)
Rescuers inspects debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers shortly after the takeoff, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)
President Director of Sriwijaya Air Jefferson Irwin Jauwena speaks to the media during a press conference at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. A Sriwijaya Air's passenger jet carrying dozens if passengers lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. (AP PhotoTatan Syuflana)
Members of National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) prepare an area where debris found in the waters where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers will be brought to be examined, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, early Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 took off from Jakarta for Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province on Indonesia's Borneo island with 56 passengers and six crew members onboard, and lost contact with the control tower a few moments later. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)
Rescuers examine debris found in the water off Java Island where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet has lost contact with air traffic controllers, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, early Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. The Boeing 737-500 carrying dozens of people lost contact with air traffic controllers minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on a domestic flight on Saturday, and debris found by fishermen was being examined to see if it was from the missing plane, officials said. (AP PhotoDita Alangkara)