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Indonesia names first plane crash victim, steps up ‘black box’ hunt

Indonesia names first plane crash victim, steps up ‘black box’ hunt

AGUSTINUS BEO DA COSTA and YUDDY CAHYA BUDIMAN INDONESIA has identified a victim from the Sriwijaya Air crash as emergency crews prepared to send in a remotely operated underwater vehicle to search for the jet's cockpit recorders in the sea. The Boeing 737-500 plane with 62 people on board plunged into the Java Sea two days ago, minutes after taking off from Jakarta's main airport. Divers scoured the sea bed on Monday, retrieving human remains, personal possessions and pieces of plane wreckage until fading light ended the search, emergency officials said. Okky Bisma, a flight attendant on the plane, was identified…
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