Police officers and family members of Hayati Lutfiah, a passenger of AirAsia QZ8501, pray next to her coffin at Bhayankara Hospital in Surabaya January 1, 2015. ― Reuters pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 ― Indonesian officials have identified one out of the bodies recovered so far from the Java Sea off Borneo, after conducting a postmortem examination and comparing DNA samples taken from family members of those who were on board ill-fated AirAsia flight QZ8501.
According to a report by Berita Satu Online, the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team conclusively identified the body as belonging to Hayati Luftia Hamid, one of the passengers on board the missing plane.
“The body labeled B001 has been identified as Hayati Luftia Hamid, through fingerprint analysis,” DVI chief DR Budiyono was quoted as saying.
However, the report made no mention of her nationality.
On board the Airbus A320 jet were 155 Indonesians, three South Koreans, one national each from Malaysia, Singapore, France and Britain, who together make up the 155 passengers and seven crew members.
Another body recovered by officials, belonging to a male and classified as B002- has yet to be successfully identified, he added.
IN THE GALLERY
Indonesia Marine divers prepare their gear on deck of SAR ship Purworejo for search operation of passenger onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Kumai port, Pangkalan Bun district January 1, 2015. — Reuters pic
Indonesia Marine divers prepare their gear on deck of SAR ship Purworejo before their search operation for passengers onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Kumai port, Pangkalan Bun district January 1, 2015. — Reuters pic
Indonesia Marine divers prepares their gear on deck of SAR ship Purworejo for search operation of passenger onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Kumai port, Pangkalan Bun district January 1, 2015. — Reuters pic
Indonesia Marine divers prepares their gear on deck of SAR ship Purworejo for search operation of passenger onboard AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Kumai port, Pangkalan Bun district January 1, 2015. — Reuters pic
Indonesian Search and Rescue crew unload one of two bodies of AirAsia passengers recovered, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan January 1, 2015. — Reuters pic
Indonesian Search and Rescue crew unload one of two bodies of AirAsia passengers recovered, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan January 1, 2015. — Reuters pic
Police officers and family members of Hayati Lutfiah, a passenger of AirAsia QZ8501, pray next to her coffin at Bhayankara Hospital in Surabaya January 1, 2015. ― Reuters pic
The mother (second right) and other family members of Hayati Lutfiah, a passenger of Airasia QZ8501, cry upon receiving her remains at Bhayankara Hospital in Surabaya January 1, 2015. ― Reuters pic
An Indonesian Search and Rescue helicopter takes off after delivering the remains of a passenger onboard the AirAsia QZ8501 flight, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan January 1, 2015. ― Reuters pic
“We are currently looking at evidence and additional data, the team will keep on working,” the official stated.
Flight QZ8501, which carried 162 people on board including a Malaysian passenger identified as 56-year-old Sii Chung Huei from Sarawak, disappeared early Sunday morning during stormy weather en route to Singapore from Surabaya in Indonesia.
AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes was reported as saying that bad weather could have been a factor in the plane crash, though at least one expert has claimed that it could take up to a year to determine how the accident happened.
Ten bodies have reportedly been recovered.
Inclement weather has been hampering the search and recovery operations since the plane went down last Sunday morning.
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