Police Coroners Aim to Identify 15 More AirAsia Crash Victims Today
Jakarta. Coroners with the National Police’s victim-identification unit have identified 24 out of the 40 bodies recovered from the wreckage of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ 8501, police said on Thursday.
The 24 identified bodies, 11 women and 13 men, have been returned to their families, National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie said.
Ronny said police hoped to make positive identifications of 15 more victims on Thursday, which would bring the total to 39.
It was unclear on Thursday afternoon when the most recently recovered victim would be identified. Another body, the 40th to be recovered from the wreck of the crashed plane, was brought to the Surabaya hospital on Thursday afternoon.
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