A Indonesian search official said here on Tuesday that all the bodies of the 54 aboard the crashed ATR42-300 Trigana Air Service plane have been found as of 11.00 a.m. local time.

 

印尼一位搜救官员周二称，特里嘎纳航空公司坠毁的ATR42-300号飞机上所有54名遇难者的遗体已在当地时间上午11时被发现。

 

Henry Bambang Soelistyo, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency, or the Basarnas, said the bodies were found in Okbape district near the Oksibil city, the flight's scheduled destination.

 

The plane reportedly crashed on Sunday enroute from the Sentani airport of Jayapura for Oksibil.

 

Debris1 of the plane was spotted2 on Sunday. The plane was allegedly hit the slope of Mount Tangok located in Okbape district. 49 passengers were onboard of the ill-fated plane that was operated by 5 crews.

 

At a press conference held in the evacuation base earlier, Tatang Kurniadi, head of Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT), said the crashed ATR 42-300 plane was fit to fly on that day.

 

Officials said the operation has been changed from search to retrieve3 operation. 304 people from the Basarnas, military, police and volunteers were have been engaged in the mission.