Attorney General Employees were onboard Downed Lion Air JT 610
29 October 2018 15:36 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Attorney General’s Office has confirmed that five of its employees, including prosecutors, of the Bangka Belitung Supreme Court, were onboard the crashed Lion Air flight JT 610 that is currently being searched in the Tanjung Karawang waters.
“The five identities matched the passenger manifest,” said the Supreme Court’s head of legal information center, Mukri, today.
According to him, the five passengers have been identified as Andri Wiranoga (Bangka Belitung Supreme Court coordinator), Nia Sugiono (Andri's wife), Dody Junaedi, Shandy Johan Ramadhan, and Sastriata.
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The head of the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT), Soerjanto Tjahjono, said the missing Lion Air flight JT 610 was of the Jakarta-Pangkal Pinang route and carried 189 passengers, including two infants.
Meanwhile, National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) head M. Syaugie said the agency immediately commissioned a team only minutes after the Lion Air plane was confirmed to have been missing, and that the team arrived at the location an hour after radio contact was lost.
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