Diver dies as more tragedy unfolds for doomed Lion Air flight

Diver dies as more tragedy unfolds for doomed Lion Air flight

Indonesian officials have confirmed a volunteer diver has died while recovering human remains from the Lion Air flight that crashed into the sea last week, killing 189 people.

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Syachrul Anto, who died on Friday, according to the Jakarta Post, was part of a team searching for bodies and debris from the tragic crash in the Java Sea.

Syachrul Anto

Syachrul Anto

Isswarto, commander of the Indonesian navy’s search and rescue division told AFP Anto died of decompression.

The 48-year-old, who also served in Palu following an earthquake and tsunami in September, was buried in Surabaya over the weekend.

Meanwhile, the ABC reports 105 body bags have been recovered but police and forensic identification have only been able to identify 14 victims.

Source: CBS news

Source: CBS news

National Transportation Safety Committee deputy chairman Haryo Satmiko has confirmed 69 hours of flight data have been retrieved from a flight recorder that was found on Thursday, pushing the investigation one step closer to uncovering the cause of the crash.

The recorder was found in a damaged condition and will require special handling to uncover its data.

“From here we will analyse what happened to that flight,” Nurcahyo Utomo, head of Indonesia’s transportation safety committee said, according to the ABC.

Authorities said the search is still on for the cockpit voice recorder, which is thought to be buried in mud.

The search operation has been extended by three days as divers continue to search for remains and the plane’s main fuselage.

The flight was on its way from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka when it lost contact with air traffic control 13 minutes after takeoff, and crashed into the sea.

All 189 people on board were killed in what is being called the worst airline disaster in Indonesia in more than 20 years, sparking fresh concerns about the country’s fast-growing aviation industry which was only just removed from EU and US blacklists.

Featured image source: AP 

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