<p class="title">The mortal remains of Bhavye Suneja, the pilot of the ill-fated Indonesian Lion Air plane, has been recovered and identified – more than three weeks after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with an eight-member-crew and 181 passengers onboard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Suneja, a 31-year-old citizen of India, was the pilot of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which plunged into Java Sea just 13 minutes after it took off from Jakarta for a flight to Pangkal Pinang on Bangka Belitung Islands of Indonesia on October 30.<br /><br />A part of Suneja's body was recovered among the mortal remains of the 125 people and identified by Indonesian Police's Disaster Victim Identification unit. A DNA analysis on the body part on Friday confirmed it to be Suneja's.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Indonesian authorities have confirmed identification of the body of Capt. Bhavye Suneja. The remains will be handed over to the family in the presence of @IndianEmbJkt today,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj posted on Twitter on Saturday. “My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Suneja, who grew up in New Delhi, lived in Jakarta with his wife Garima. His parents lived at Mayur Vihar in the national capital territory.</p>
<p class="title">The mortal remains of Bhavye Suneja, the pilot of the ill-fated Indonesian Lion Air plane, has been recovered and identified – more than three weeks after the aircraft crashed into the Java Sea with an eight-member-crew and 181 passengers onboard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Suneja, a 31-year-old citizen of India, was the pilot of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which plunged into Java Sea just 13 minutes after it took off from Jakarta for a flight to Pangkal Pinang on Bangka Belitung Islands of Indonesia on October 30.<br /><br />A part of Suneja's body was recovered among the mortal remains of the 125 people and identified by Indonesian Police's Disaster Victim Identification unit. A DNA analysis on the body part on Friday confirmed it to be Suneja's.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Indonesian authorities have confirmed identification of the body of Capt. Bhavye Suneja. The remains will be handed over to the family in the presence of @IndianEmbJkt today,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj posted on Twitter on Saturday. “My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Suneja, who grew up in New Delhi, lived in Jakarta with his wife Garima. His parents lived at Mayur Vihar in the national capital territory.</p>
