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Families mourn plane crash victims

2012-05-11 68 Dailymotion

Devastation etched on the faces of these relatives of the victims of a plane crash in Indonesia.<br/> <br />The Russian plane carrying 45 passengers on an exhibition flight to drum up sales crashed at this site in the mountainous West Java province.<br/> <br />Indonesian rescue teams have found bodies but no survivors in the wreckage.<br/> <br />At this news conference, official rescue chiefs said they have now identified 12 victims.<br/> <br />But the identification process - which uses DNA samples from family members - could take some time as many of the victims' direct families are not in Indonesia.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) CHIEF OF INDONESIA POLICE DISASTER VICTIM IDENTIFICATION (DVI), ANTON CATILANI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Up until now we have taken 28 DNA samples from passengers on board. Many of them who are here are not direct family."<br/> <br />The Superjet 100 aircraft went missing on Wednesday about 40 miles south of Jakarta.<br/> <br />Among the victims were Indonesian reporters and businessmen, eight Russians, a French citizen and an American.<br/> <br />Sunita Rappai, Reuters

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