Indonesia plane crash: Wreckage and 'body parts' pulled from the sea amid huge search

Emergency workers have been spotted carrying heavy-duty bags ashore from close to where a plane disappeared on Saturday.

Some of the emergency service response workers appear to be carrying body bags reportedly containing remains of those involved in the crash.

Captain EKo Surya Hadi, commander of a local life boat, also told local television that human remains were found, saying: "We found body parts, life jackets, avtur (aviation turbine fuel) and debris of the plane."

The Sriwijaya Air flight vanished around four minutes after its took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta.

The plane is said to have plunged 10,000ft in less than a minute while en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province.

It had more than 60 people on board - including 10 children.

Earlier on Saturday the Indonesian navy said it had worked out the last known coordinates of the missing jet, and ships were being sent to the area.

Navy official Abdul Rasyid told reporters: "The coordinates have been found and have been given to all Navy vessels in the area."

Photos show rescue workers pulling debris from the water in a desperate search for survivors.

An Indonesian rescue agency confirmed suspected debris of the flight had been found.

No radio beacon signal had been detected, the agency said.

Residents of Thousand Island said they heard two explosions before finding items in the sea.

It's been reported the plane fell 10,000ft in less than one minute, about four minutes after taking off.

Surachman, a local government official, told Kompas TV that fishermen found what appeared to be the wreckage of an aircraft in waters north of Jakarta and a search was underway.

Other channels showed pictures of suspected wreckage.

"We found some cables, a piece of jeans, and pieces of metal on the water," Zulkifli, a security official, told CNNIndonesia.com.

The Indonesian Navy deployed 11 ships to search for the wreckage underwater.

According to AirLive.net there were 62 people on board - 56 passengers, four crew members and two pilots.

All on board the plane were Indonesian, Indonesia's transport safety committee said.

The plane is not a 737 Max, the Boeing model involved in two major crashes in recent years, but a Boeing 737-500.

The aircraft that crashed was almost 27 years old and was originally flown by carriers in the United States.

The 737-500 has been involved in four fatal crashes in Russia, Tunisia and Egypt, which investigators linked to factor including pilot performance, training or weather, according to Aviation Safety Network, an online safety database.

Founded in 2003, the Sriwijaya Air group has a solid safety record with no onboard casualties in four incidents recorded on the Aviation Safety Network database, though a farmer was killed when a Boeing 737-200 left the runway in 2008 following a hydraulic problem.

A Boeing spokeswoman said on Saturday afternoon: "We are aware of media reports from Jakarta, and are closely monitoring the situation.

"We are working to gather more information."

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