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Flight SJ182 disappeared from radars shortly after takeoff from Jakarta with 62 people on board. Rescuers have found the flight recorders and have pulled other wreckage and body parts from the crash site.

Indonesian authorities on Sunday said they have located the black box recorders from a passenger plane that crashed into the Java Sea a day earlier.

"Hopefully, we can retrieve them soon," said military chief Hadi Tjahjanto, without giving an estimated timeframe.

The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 lost contact shortly after takeoff on Saturday from Jakarta with 62 people on board.

It was heading for Pontianak in West Kalimantan, a journey that takes about 90 minutes.

Earlier Sunday, a military vessel found the signal from the plane and a diver team recovered parts of the wreckage from around 23 meters (75 feet) below the water's surface.

Rescuers have also retrieved body parts, items of clothing, and scraps of metal from the sea between Lancang Island and Laki Island, an archipelago around Thousand Islands north of Jakarta's coast.

"Hopefully, until this afternoon the current conditions and the view under the sea are still good so that we can continue the search," Tjahjanto added.


... Likely pieces of the wreckage of the crashed Sriwijaya Air jet [are] inspected by Indonesian navy personnel.

What happened to flight SJ182:

* The plane took off from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport at about 2:36 p.m. (07:36 UTC) Saturday.

* The flight was bound for the city of Pontianak, northwest of Jakarta.

* There were 62 people on board, including 10 children.

* The flight last made contact around 2:40 p.m. [local time]

* The plane lost more than 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) of altitude in less than a minute, according to FlightRadar24.

* A sea and air search effort was launched, including 11 navy ships, two helicopters and 300 personnel.

* The plane model was an older Boeing 737-500.