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Plane crash victims' identification continues in Cuba
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November 7, 2010, Sunday
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CUBAN forensic experts continued to identify yesterday in Havana the remains of the 68 people aboard the Aerocaribbean airliner that crashed on Thursday in an intricate landscape at the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus.
After completing the recovery of the remains yesterday morning, the Cuban authorities have transferred the bodies to the National Institute of Legal Medicine (INML) in Havana, where expert teams began the task of identifying the 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners from ten nationalities.
The relatives of the Cuban victims have already arrived to help identify their beloved ones.
"The slow evacuation of the bodies, some of them charred, could extend the identification process until today or even more days, depending on their conditions," Dr. Martha Vazquez from the INML said.
"Apparently, the passengers had no time for anything, because the corpses were burned on the seats themselves and this fact helps to identify the bodies," said D.A. attorney Rolando Diaz, a participant at the research.
"All the bodies were charred, except those who were seated at the rear of the plane," Diaz added.
He also noted that some human remains were located among the bushes at the disaster area, probably thrown due to the crash impact.
"Probably there was a fire and several explosions from flammable objects such as the aircraft tires," he said.
Diaz exposed the theory that the plane "fell flat," adding that the aircraft probably lost the control of the the rudder and the elevators of the tail.
After completing the recovery of the remains yesterday morning, the Cuban authorities have transferred the bodies to the National Institute of Legal Medicine (INML) in Havana, where expert teams began the task of identifying the 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners from ten nationalities.
The relatives of the Cuban victims have already arrived to help identify their beloved ones.
"The slow evacuation of the bodies, some of them charred, could extend the identification process until today or even more days, depending on their conditions," Dr. Martha Vazquez from the INML said.
"Apparently, the passengers had no time for anything, because the corpses were burned on the seats themselves and this fact helps to identify the bodies," said D.A. attorney Rolando Diaz, a participant at the research.
"All the bodies were charred, except those who were seated at the rear of the plane," Diaz added.
He also noted that some human remains were located among the bushes at the disaster area, probably thrown due to the crash impact.
"Probably there was a fire and several explosions from flammable objects such as the aircraft tires," he said.
Diaz exposed the theory that the plane "fell flat," adding that the aircraft probably lost the control of the the rudder and the elevators of the tail.
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