Investigators inspect debris from Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 which crashed into the Java sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta on Jan 9, at the port in Jakarta on January 21, 2021. - AFP
JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesian authorities said on Thursday (Jan 21) the search for victims of a plane crash that killed all 62 people on board had been halted, but the hunt would continue for the Sriwijaya Air jet's cockpit voice recorder (CVR).
"Search operations have been closed, but we will continue to search for the CVR," said Bagus Puruhito, who heads the country's search and rescue agency.
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