Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers
By NINIEK KARMINI and STEPHEN WRIGHT, NINIEK KARMINI and STEPHEN WRIGHT, Associated Press
Published: October 30, 2018, 9:10am
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Rescuers load body bags containing debris and remains of the victims of the crashed Lion Air plane during a rescue operation in the waters of Tanjung Karawang, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Divers searched Tuesday for victims of the Lion Air plane crash and high-tech equipment was deployed to find its data recorders as reports emerged of problems on the jet’s previous flight that had terrified passengers. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) Photo Gallery
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash that killed 189 people in Indonesia, as accounts emerged Tuesday of problems on the jet’s previous flight including rapid descents that terrified passengers.
Hundreds of rescue personnel searched seas where the plane crashed, sending more than three dozen body bags to identification experts, while the airline flew dozens of grieving relatives to the country’s capital, Jakarta.
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