The Indonesian police announced today, Sunday, that it had found debris and body parts in the area where the "Boing 737-500" (Boing 737-500) Sriwijaya plane, with 62 people on board, disappeared.
"We received two bags this morning: one containing items belonging to the passengers, and the other containing body parts," police spokesman Yusri Yunus told the Metro TV channel.
He pointed out that the police "are working to determine the identities" of the victims.
And many army and other rescue boats, as well as helicopters and divers were deployed on Sunday morning, after it appeared that the site of the crash was located at night.
Parts of the wreckage were sent to the main port in Jakarta, where a first aid center was set up, and Indonesian authorities identified the site of a plane crash near tourist islands off Jakarta.
There were 50 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
Relatives of the passengers were anxiously awaiting news at Pontianak Airport on Saturday night.
"I have 4 members of my family on the plane, my wife and three children," said Yaman Zi, crying. "(My wife) sent me a picture of the baby today ... my heart is tearing."
On Sunday, officials indicated that they would continue to search by sea and air with the use of sonar.
Indonesian Transport Minister Bodhi Kariya Sumadi said Saturday that the plane had apparently veered off course before disappearing from the radar.
In October 2018, 189 people were killed when a Boeing 737 MAX plane crashed in the Java Sea, about 12 minutes after take-off.
The Sriwijaya plane does not belong to the controversial new generation of Boeing 737 Max, but it is a "classic" Boeing 737, which is 26 years old.
The Sriwijaya plane lost contact with air traffic controllers on Saturday, about four minutes after take-off.
The head of Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency said that the authorities detected signals today, Sunday, that may have been from the plane's flight recorder.