Indonesia has widened its search area for the victims and wreckage from the ill-fated Lion Air plane that crashed into the water 13 minutes after taking off from the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
The Boeing-737 MAX, which went into service less than three months ago, was carrying 189 passengers and crew when it plunged into the sea.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited the port of Tanjung Priok on Tuesday where he inspected debris and belongings recovered at sea after the Lion Air plane crash.
ImageWhat's been recovered so far?
Human remains have been collected in 24 body bags, after sweeps of the crash site about 15 km off the coast of Jakarta.
The bags have been taken to a hospital for identification, with more expected overnight.
The remains of a baby were among those found, according to national deputy police chief Ari Dono Sukmanto.
Another 14 bags filled with debris have also been collected.
An Indonesian rescuer shows passports belonging to passengers from the Lion Air plane crash. Source: AAP
Officials laid out hundreds of waterlogged items retrieved from the ocean on tarpaulins at Jakarta's port.
Personal belongings including passports, clothing, backpacks and child-sized shoes were displayed in heaped piles.
A Hello Kitty branded travel bag sat beside a wallet containing a photo of a young, happy family.
Wreckage pieces from the plane crash at Tanjung Priok Harbour, Jakarta, Indonesian. Source: AAP
Dozens of other wallets belonging to missing passengers were arranged in lines, the owner's personal identification cards taken out and laid on top - confirmation for anxious relatives that their loved ones were on board the plane.
"We have found some ID cards, passports, driving licenses, medical insurance cards, and some bank notes," an official with Indonesia's national Search and Rescue Agency told a press conference.
An Indonesian rescuer shows an identity card belonging to a passenger from the Lion Air plane crash. Source: AAP
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said there were 178 adult passengers, one child, two infants, two pilots and six cabin crew on board flight JT 610.
Among them were the plane's Indian captain, 20 Indonesian finance ministry employees and Andrea Manfredi, an Italian former professional cyclist.
Lion Air named Captain Bhavye Suneja as pilot of the plane.
The 31-year-old Indian national's death was confirmed by the Indian Embassy in Jakarta.
Mystery couple
An iPhone case with a distinctive image of a couple walking over a bridge was among the debris collected from the ocean.
Source: Twitter: @Sutopo_PN
Indonesian social media users attempted to track down the image online in the hopes of identifying the couple in the picture, and the possible owner of the phone.
Several people have been offering their condolences on an Instagram post that appears to match the photo on the phone case.
The identities of the couple pictured remains unconfirmed.
What's still missing?
The search and rescue agency all but ruled out finding any survivors late Monday, citing the discovery of body parts that suggested a high-impact crash in water some 30-40 metres deep off the coast of Indonesia's Java island.
"We are prioritising finding the main wreckage of the plane using five war ships equipped with sonar to detect metal underwater," said Yusuf Latif, spokesman of the Indonesian search and rescue agency.
Both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder - which could be key pieces of evidence - are still missing.
Personal items recovered from Lion Air flight JT 610. Source: AAP
Indonesia has stepped up its search for the wreckage of the airliner, deploying underwater beacons to trace the flight's black box recorders in a bid to uncover why an almost-new plane crashed minutes after takeoff.
Despite failure to locate the flight data recorders after the initial 24-hour search, chief of the National Search and Rescue Agency, Muhammad Syaugi said he was confident the search and recovery operation would go ahead smoothly in the coming days thanks to favourable weather conditions.
