Items which are said to belong to passengers on Lion Air flight crash are found on the sea

on October 29, 2018. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Didi Hamzar, a representative of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), announced the plan Tuesday at a press conference. 35 ships, 50 divers, and hundreds of volunteers have joined the search for the plane and its passengers.

Earlier, Soerjanto Tjahjono, head of the National Transportation Safety Committee, said a team of Singaporean experts will visit the crash site to assist search efforts.