Jakarta: An Indonesian search and rescue agency official estimated there would be no survivors from the Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea north of Java Island on Monday. October 29.
“We need to find the main wreckage,” Bambang Suryo, operational director of the agency, told reporters. “I predict there are no survivors, based on body parts found so far.”
The plane, with 189 people on board, lost contact 13 minutes after take-off from Jakarta.
As reported by Independent, an online UK based portal, around 300 people were involved in the rescue operation and one of the pilot of the brand new aircraft was an Indian.
(Reuters)