The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.
No reasons have yet been given for the crash, with authorities focusing on a frantic search and rescue effort that appeared to offer no hope of finding any survivors.
As of this morning, we've received two (body) bags, one with passenger belongings and the other with body parts, Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus told Metro TV.
The discovery came as a flotilla of warships, helicopters, and divers were deployed off the coast of the sprawling city Sunday.
Sixty-two passengers and crew were on board, including 10 children, all of them Indonesians, according to authorities.
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