Identifying AirAsia victims becoming difficult: official
- 9 years ago
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More bodies in the AirAsia plane crash are being brought back from the Java Sea, bringing the tally up to 30.
Search officials say some of the victims were still strapped in their seatbelts.
Their relatives are helping to identify them, but the Indonesian Health Minister warned that the process is becoming more difficult.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) INDONESIA HEALTH MINISTER NILA DJUWITA ANFASA MOELOEK SAYING:
"Because the bodies' have been in the water too long, it has damaged the visual characteristics of the bodies and their condition is slowing us down a bit in the identification process."
Officials have expanded the search area as aircraft and ships help to look for wreckage and the plane's flight recorders.
More bodies in the AirAsia plane crash are being brought back from the Java Sea, bringing the tally up to 30.
Search officials say some of the victims were still strapped in their seatbelts.
Their relatives are helping to identify them, but the Indonesian Health Minister warned that the process is becoming more difficult.
(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) INDONESIA HEALTH MINISTER NILA DJUWITA ANFASA MOELOEK SAYING:
"Because the bodies' have been in the water too long, it has damaged the visual characteristics of the bodies and their condition is slowing us down a bit in the identification process."
Officials have expanded the search area as aircraft and ships help to look for wreckage and the plane's flight recorders.