No burns found on victims' bodies: police
East Java Police Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team working on the bodies of the victims from AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 said they found no trace of burns on the bodies.
National police’s DVI executive director Senior Commander Anton Castelani said the bodies were in a relatively clean condition, suggesting that the plane did not catch fire or explode before hitting the water and killing 162 people on December 28.
“No burns were found on the victims. Regarding the report on [how the plane crashed], the KNKT [National Transportation Safety Commission] will publish it,” Anton said yesterday.
He added that the bodies found have experienced advanced signs of decomposition, making it more difficult for the DVI team to identify the bodies.
“In such a case, we will use other identification methods, such as the teeth and their DNA. There are not many worries regarding the decomposition process, they can still be identified,” Anton added.
As of yesterday morning, the DVI team had successfully identified 13 of the 37 bodies recovered from the Karimata Strait of the Java Sea, where the AirAsia Airbus A320 crashed.
The process involves comparing the post-mortem data of the victims with the data obtained from the victims’ families.
Meanwhile, national police chief General Sutarman said all bodies found would be and could be identified, submitting to the reality that the bodies found later will take more time to identify.
