Indonesian plane confirmed destroyed, 54 bodies found

  • 2/5/2023
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Jakarta, Dhu-AlQa'dah 03, 1436, August 18, 2015, SPA -- Searchers on Tuesday found all 54 bodies in the wreckage of a plane that crashed at the weekend in Indonesia's Papua province, officials said, according to dpa. The ATR 42-300 aircraft operated by Trigana Air Service crashed on Sunday just 10 minutes before its scheduled arrival at Oksibil in the mountainous Pegunungan Bintang district. "If the weather allows, the bodies will be immediately evacuated and handed over to their families once identified," Transport Ministry spokesman Hadi Juraid said. Another Transport Ministry official, Julius Barata, said the aircraft's flight data and voice recorders, known as black boxes, were also found. The recorders will be handed over to the National Transport Safety Committee for investigation, he said. Search chief Bambang Sulistyo said the plane was totally destroyed and many of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. --SPA 10:31 LOCAL TIME 07:31 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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