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The bodies of all 10 victims of the Indonesia Air Transport plane crash have been found
The aircraft went missing in the Maros region in South Sulawesi on Jan. 17 after losing contact with air traffic control
Days after an Indonesia Air Transport plane lost contact with air traffic control and vanished, authorities have located all of the bodies of the people onboard the aircraft.
The remaining bodies of 10 passengers — a figure initially reported as 11 — on the fishery surveillance plane that went missing in the Maros region in South Sulawesi on Saturday, Jan. 17, have been found, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Reuters reported on Friday, Jan. 23, citing Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency.
Andi Sultan, an official at South Sulawesi’s rescue agency, announced that the final two bodies had been discovered on Jan. 23 in a video, according to Reuters. The evacuation process was still ongoing, Sultan reportedly said in the emotional footage.
Antara, Indonesia’s national news agency, initially reported that the small plane was carrying eight crew members and three passengers, but ABC and Reuters later reported that there actually were seven crew members and three passengers.
The passengers were ministry staff members, according to Reuters.
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Indonesia search-and-rescue teams carrying a body of a victim of the Jan. 17 plane crash
The Indonesia Air Transport turboplane disappeared from radar during what should have been a two-hour flight from Yogyakarta to Makassar, according to previous reporting from the Associated Press (AP) and Antara. The latter outlet reported that the plane last made contact with air traffic control at 1:17 p.m local time, citing Edy Prakoso, director of operations at Basarnas, Indonesia’s national search-and-rescue agency.
Shortly after the disappearance, Prakoso told Antara that the plane likely went down over the Maros region, and that 25 search-and-rescue officers divided into three groups were deployed to search for the wreckage.
Plane wreckage was later discovered in various locations around Mount Bulusaraung in the region, over 900 miles northeast of Jakarta, per Reuters.
PEOPLE has reached out to Indonesia Air Transport and Basarnas for comment.
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Two victims’ bodies were discovered in the days immediately following the fatal Jan. 17 incident.
The first body, an unidentified man, was discovered by rescue authorities roughly 200 meters (or 656 feet) deep on the slope of Mount Bulusaraung, Indonesia, amid debris, the AP reported on Sunday, Jan. 18, citing an official.
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Indonesia search and rescue teams carrying a body of a victim of the Jan. 17 plane crash
The body of a second victim was discovered by rescuers on Monday, Jan. 19, according to AFP. Mohammad Syafii, head of the national search-and-rescue agency, told reporters that “one more victim has been found … according to the information we received, the victim was a woman.”
Additional wreckage, including parts of the aircraft frame and passenger seats, were also discovered by authorities during the recovery mission, per AFP. The same group also found what is believed to be the engine of the turboprop ATR 42-500.
The Jan. 17 incident was Indonesia’s first fatal crash involving the ATR 42 in over a decade, per ABC.
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