QZ8501: Three more bodies identified
The Airbus A320-200 crashed during a storm en route from Indonesia's city Surabaya to Singapore, and relief workers are laboriously hunting for flight data recorders to determine the cause of the crash. - File Photo
Three more bodies from the ill-fated Malaysian Airliner AirAsia flight QZ8501, have been identified today, making the total of nine bodies identified from the Dec 28 crash.
The victims are steward Wismoyo Ari Prambudi, a 24-year-old male of Indonesia origin, the Jie Stevie Gunawan, aged 10 and Juanita Limantara, 30.
Many grieving family members had gathered at the Bhayangkara Hospital Forensics Unit in Surabaya
Of the 162 passengers and crew on board, 155 were Indonesian, with three South Koreans, one Singaporean, one Malaysian, one Briton and a Frenchman -- co-pilot Remi Plesel. To date, 31 remains have been retrieved and nine had been identified.
The Airbus A320-200 crashed during a storm en route from Indonesia's city Surabaya to Singapore, and relief workers are laboriously hunting for flight data recorders to determine the cause of the crash.
Earlier, AFP reported that the weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of the flight with icing possibly causing engine damage, Indonesia's meteorological agency said as divers prepared to search the plane wreckage Sunday.
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