1st bodies removed from crashed plane
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The first bodies of 54 people killed when a plane went down in eastern Indonesia were yesterday carried from the remote site after bad weather hampered efforts to airlift them.
The remains of six people who died when the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 twin-turboprop crashed during a short flight in bad weather on Sunday had arrived at the settlement of Oksibil in Papua province, the military said.
A further 11 bodies were being carried through the dense forests and mountainous terrain, said local military spokesman Pudji Teguh Rahardjo. About 300 local people were involved in the recovery effort.
Once recovered, the bodies will be flown to Jayapura, Papua鈥檚 capital.
Authorities had hoped to use helicopters to airlift the bodies from the site, but bad weather made it too dangerous.
鈥淭he current conditions make it impossible for us to use helicopters, so we have to do it via land,鈥 Rahardjo said.
The airline has said the accident was likely caused by bad weather.
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