Aviation experts and authorities, including the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee, told The Washington Post that it is too early to speculate on the cause of the crash. Lion Air has provided information on the aircraft and its maintenance logs to authorities, the NTSC chairman said. Lion Air Group’s chief executive, Edward Sirait, said Monday that a prior technical difficulty with the plane was resolved “according to procedure” and that the aircraft was cleared by engineers for takeoff. “We need more time to find the main body [of the aircraft],” said Didi Hamzar, the national search-and-rescue agency’s director of preparedness. A police officer added that the body parts are “scattered” all over, complicating the DNA identification process.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2018 10:07 UTC