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Indonesia Lion Air flight crash: 48-year-old diver dies while searching for body parts, debris in Java Sea

An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official said Saturday.

Indonesia plane crash: Flight recorders of Lion Air jet retrieved from sea; 48 body bags with human remains sent for DNA testing

Indonesian investigators on Thursday said they found the flight data recorders from the Lion Air Flight JT610, a discovery that should help explain why the new Boeing 737 crashed on Monday, killing all 189 people on board.

Indonesia military identifies possible location of crashed Lion Air jet fuselage, army chief says team sent to confirm

A massive search effort has identified the possible seabed location of the crashed Lion Air jet, Indonesia's military chief said Wednesday, as experts carried out the grim task of identifying dozens of body parts recovered from a 15 nautical mile search area.

Indonesia Lion Air flight crash: More body parts of 189 passengers found; cause of crash still not ascertained

The National Search and Rescue Agency said that 10 intact bodies, as well as body parts, have been recovered. Search teams filled ten body bags with limbs and other human remains, Muhammad Syaugi, chief of the Indonesian national search and rescue agency told Metro TV, saying they will be taken to Jakarta for identification and DNA testing.

Indonesia Lion Air flight crash: All 189 passengers, crew on board feared dead, says search and rescue agency

Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) said there were 178 adult passengers, one child, two infants, two pilots and six cabin crew on board flight JT 610.

Indonesia's Lion Air flight with 189 aboard crashes off Sumatra; aircraft attempted return to airport before losing contact

The Lion Air flight was heading from Indonesia capital Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang when it crashed into the sea with 189 people on board.