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Jakarta (dpa) - During the search for the passenger plane with 62 people on board that went missing in Indonesia on Saturday, body parts and debris were discovered in the sea.
The chief of the Jakarta Police Department's medical department said he had received bags containing items believed to have been taken from the plane and human remains.
"One contained body parts," said Umar Shahab.
The search and rescue agency's chief of operations, Bambang Suryo Aji, said the forces found debris believed to have come from the plane.
A crash has not yet been officially confirmed.
On Saturday, a passenger plane belonging to the local company Sriwijaya Air with 62 people on board disappeared from the radar shortly after take-off from Jakarta and probably crashed into the sea.
The Boeing 737-500 was on its way to Pontianak on the island of Borneo when it suddenly disappeared from the radar at 14:40 local time (08:40 CET).
According to Indonesia's Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, 50 passengers, including seven children and three babies, were in the machine, as well as twelve crew members.
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On Sunday, divers from the military were also used in the search.
It is suspected that the plane is in the same coordinates that were given during the last contact, said the chief of the armed forces, Air Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto.
Several warships and helicopters would also be used in the search.
The debris was reportedly discovered near the islands of Laki Island and Lancang Island.
The two islands are part of the Thousand Islands group off the coast of Java.
The flight time to Pontianak in the province of Kalimantan Barat is just over an hour.
As data from the Swedish Internet service Flightradar24 show, the plane lost more than 3300 meters altitude within one minute just four minutes after taking off.
The trail was then lost in the sea north of the main island of Java.
The Boeing was reportedly 27 years old and has been owned by Sriwijaya Air since 2012. The machine has eight seats in business class and 112 seats in economy class.
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In 2018 a Boeing 737 Max of the Indonesian company Lion Air crashed after taking off from Jakarta on the way to Bangka Island.
All 189 inmates were killed.
In 2014, an Airbus A320 of the low-cost airline Indonesia AirAsia crashed into the sea on its way from Surabaya on Java to Singapore.
Here too, all 162 people died on board.
When it comes to aviation, the Southeast Asian island paradise is one of the most unsafe countries in the world.
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