Elmina plane crash: Families gathering at HTAR to provide DNA samples
Around 50 families and relatives of the Elmina plane crash victims have been gathering at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang, Selangor since Friday (Aug 18) morning to provide their DNA samples for identification.
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00:00 Around 50 families and relatives of the Elmina plane crash victims have been gathering at
00:08 Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Ishtar, since Friday morning to provide their DNA samples
00:14 for identification.
00:16 Pahang Assembly Speaker Tatoo Srimohamad Chakra Shamsuddin and Peramu Jaya State Assemblyman
00:23 Tatoo Mohamad Nizar Najib were there to provide moral support to the families.
00:29 It is learned that DNA samplings began on Thursday while the post-mortem will be conducted
00:34 on Friday.
00:36 Ishtar Clank Director Dr Sukarnoi Mohamad Rawi on Thursday said 10 forensic personnel
00:43 would be involved in performing autopsies on the victims of the air crash.
00:49 Ten people were reported killed after the Beechcraft Model 390 Premier 1 plane crashed
00:55 on the Katri Highway at about 2.50pm.
00:59 Two flight crew members and six passengers, including Pahang Local Government Housing,
01:04 Environment and Green Technology Committee Chairman Tatoe Sri Johari Harun, were killed
01:09 in the tragedy.
01:10 "My brother has been told in post-mortem for threats and there is a little work that
01:17 needs to be done for DNA processing for other samples.
01:26 We will take care of the bodies here and pray here and will be taken to the house of the
01:35 parents and the deceased.
01:36 They will be buried in Kelangget.
01:37 Everything will be done today, God willing."
01:38 A motorist and a motorcyclist who were passing by the area were also killed on impact.
01:50 Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Raza Rudin Hussain has said only one body was discovered
01:56 intact and was identified as the motorcyclist.
02:01 He said the other five bodies recovered were in various conditions, adding that the authorities
02:06 were working around the clock to recover the remains of the victims and the aircraft debris.
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