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he Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team from the East Java Police is still working to identify a body presumed to be the pilot or co-pilot of AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed on Dec. 28, 2014.

Leader of the DVI team Sr. Com. Budiyono said on Monday that the presumption was based on the AirAsia uniform that was attached to the remains when they were sent to the Bhayangkara Hospital in Surabaya on Sunday, together with six other sets of remains found by the recovery team.

'€œOne of the bodies was in an AirAsia uniform with three stripes on the epaulettes, but we still cannot be certain what this indicates,'€ said Budiyono as quoted by Antara.

He said the DVI team needed more than one piece of secondary data to positively identify a body. '€œWe need to check primary data like DNA, dental records or finger prints,'€ he said.

Member of AirAsia'€™s safety and security staff Dono Sukoco said the rank signifier was associated with the co-pilot, First Officer Remi Emmanuel Plesel.

East Java Police have so far identified 73 bodies recovered from the plane that crashed into the Java Sea with the loss of all 155 passengers and seven crew.