Investigators examine Lion Air plane debris at Port of Tanjung Priok in Jakarta on November 4 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Indonesia called off the search forpassengers of a Lion Air plane on November 10, almost two weeks after thejetliner with 189 people on board plunged into the Java Sea.
Muhammad Syaugi, head of the search and rescue agency declared the search and rescueoperation was over as his force has not found any more victims.
He offered his apology to the public, especially the families of victims.
So far 196 bags containing body parts have been recovered from under the waterwith 79 victims identified and handed over to their families for burial.
Rescuers have also retrieved parts of the plane's engines, wheels and seats from the sea. One diver died helping with search.
Lion Air has begun paying 102,058 USD as compensation money for each passengerto the grieving families.
The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has retrieved one of the black boxes -- the flight data recorder -- and is still hunting forthe cockpit voice recorder, which recorded the last conversation between thepilot and co-pilot before the crash.
The Lion Air plane plunged into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang city on October 29. All 189 people on boardwere killed.-VNA
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