YOGYAKARTA (Agencies): Forensic experts identified the last five victims of a jetliner that burst into flames as it crash-landed near Yogyakarta city, as investigators pulled charred luggage from the plane's burned-out shell Saturday.
All five were identified as Australians. Their bodies were badly burned, requiring forensic experts to work late into the night to complete the identification.
"Thank God it's over," said Slamet Poernomo, leader of the forensic experts.
A doctor, who was involved in the forensic team, told MetroTV television Friday that from all bodies had been able to be identified Friday, but members of Australian disaster response team wanted to carry out more careful identification.
The crash killed 21 people, while 119 others were able to escape through the exits of the burning Garuda Airlines plane. It overshot a runway in Yogyakarta and skidded into a rice field before exploding into a fireball.
It was the fourth accident involving a commercial jetliner in Indonesia since 2005. Experts say poor maintenance, rule-bending and a shortage of properly trained pilots may contribute to the sprawling country's poor aviation safety record.
Indonesia should be "ashamed," Vice President Yusuf Kalla said Friday, vowing to replace several top Transport Ministry officials. "We will issue stronger regulations and older aircraft will be banned," he said.
The bodies of the Australian victims - three men and two women - will be sent home for burial as soon as death certificates are issued, said Graeme Swift, head of Australia's disaster response team.
Meanwhile, field investigators continued to search through the wreckage, collecting blackened suitcases and burned boxes.
The remaining shell of the Boeing 737-400 was expected to be moved to an airport hangar for further analysis.
"We have to work quickly but carefully," said Joseph Tumenggung, a field investigator.
The cause of Wednesday's crash is still being investigated, and data from the plane's black boxes will be analyzed in Australia.
The pilot said he felt "a very powerful downdraft just before landing," said Capt. Stephanus Geraldus, president of Garuda's pilots' association, referring to a phenomena typically caused by differences in air temperature or pressure.
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