Investigatorws hunted for clues Tuesday as to why an Indonesian jetliner crashed seconds after take off,sifting through body parts and bits of flesh as they worked and as weeping families looked for loved ones among dozens of charred bodies lying outside a morgue.
At least 148 people,47 of them on the ground,were killed when the jetliner,a Boeing 737-200,crashed Monday in Medan,one of Indonesia's largest cities,a hospital official said on Tuesday.But 15 passengers survived,including an 18 month-old boy who was shielded in his mother's arms.
Police officers guarding the wreckage of Mandala Airlines Flight RI 091 said its flight recorders were found late Monday night and sent abroad for analysisi.
Transportation Ministery Hatta Rajasa said it would take several weeks to determine the cause of the disaster.Survivors said the jetliner had started shaking violently when it reached an altitude of about 100 meters,or 330 feet,and veered sharply to the left before crashing on a busy road.But some described a loud bang while the plane was still in fligh,followed by a ball of fire.
Soon after dawn Tuesday,transportation experts arrived at the scene and began sifting through the charred wreckage.On El Shinta radio,Rajasa asked families of the victims to help identify the dead.He said forensic experts were having trouble because the bodies were so badly burned.
Outside the Adam Malik Hospital morgue,around 90 blackened bodies were laid out under a tent.Sobbing relatives went form corpse to corpse looking for parents,sons and daughters.
"I found my son-in law because I remembered the trousers he was wearing " said Asiyah,50, " But I can not find my daughter,I will stay here until I do."
Later Tuesday,President SBY toured the crash site after attending the funeral of the North Sumatra governor,who died in the crash.The plane was carrying 116 passengers and crew members,airlne officals said.
The fifteen survivors included an 18 month-old boy and his 32 year old mother,Fritina,said a Mandala spokeswoman,Nining.
She's not talking much "said Fritina's father.Haji Muhammad Ersani,62,.after visiting the mother and child in a hospital late Monday.
"She;'s in shock,She only remembers that when the plane went down and split apart,she immediately got out and watched as her elder son was on fire " The older boy later died.
It is really strong suggested for the government that this accidents happened so many time but no one is taken responsible.A lot of people want the Transportation Minister to be replaced as soon as possible for not doing the good jobs.
Some experts say that the cause of this accident because the engines problems of theengines already old and can not fly anymore.Why Mandala administration did not know about it or maybe they pretended nothing was wrong at that time.
The Engineers already told the managements so many times " no fly " for those planes anymore.But it is really tragic that they did not listen to what they told them about it.Now,one of the best governor died because of "human error ". for being ignorant.
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