Lion Air crash: Over 100 body bags of human remains recovered

Indonesian authorities have extended the search for victims of the Lion Air crash and the plane's cockpit voice recorder. 

National Search and Rescue Agency chief Muhammad Syaugi said Sunday the search involving hundreds of personnel and dozens of ships would continue for another three days.

The Lion Air jet crashed just minutes after takeoff from Jakarta on Monday, killing all 189 people on board. More than 100 body bags of human remains have been recovered.

An Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) official carries debris from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta. (Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta)

Syaugi says weak signals, potentially from the cockpit voice recorder, were traced to a location but an object hadn't been found yet due to deep seabed mud.

An Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) official carries debris from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Nov 4, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta)

Syaugi says a considerable amount of aircraft "skin" was found on the seafloor but not a large intact part of its fuselage as he'd indicated Saturday was possible.