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Families provide data on plane crash victims
The family members of victims of a Hercules C-130 aircraft crash went to an antemortem post set up by the North Sumatra Provincial Policeâs Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team at the Adam Malik General Hospital in Medan on Wednesday
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he family members of victims of a Hercules C-130 aircraft crash went to an antemortem post set up by the North Sumatra Provincial Police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team at the Adam Malik General Hospital in Medan on Wednesday.
DVI team leader Adj. Sr. Comr. Zulkhairi said a number of family members of the crash victims had already reported their relatives killed in the accident.
'We are ready to serve the victims' families, starting as of 8 a.m. until 12 a.m.,' he told The Jakarta Post at the hospital on Wednesday.
He said the DVI team was in need of data on all passengers and of local residents killed in the accident. Almost all victims' bodies taken to the hospital so far could not be physically identified and data is needed to name them.
'The families' reports on the victims' data is much needed to help speed up the identification process,' he said, adding his team would start identifying the victims on Wednesday.
At least 116 people, including three local residents, were feared dead in the Hercules C-130 military aircraft tragedy on Jl. Jamin Ginting in Medan Tuntungan, Medan, on Tuesday. The aircraft, carrying 113 passengers including crew, as well as ammunition, crashed into a housing area two minutes after taking off from the Suwondo Airbase at 12:06 p.m. on its way to Tanjung Pinang in Riau Islands. (++++)
