Remembering the Musi - SilkAir Flight MI 185 crash victim identification.
On 19 December 1997, SilkAir Flight MI 185, a Boeing B737-300 airliner crashed into the Musi River near Palembang, Southern Sumatra, enroute from Jakarta, Indonesia to Singapore. All 104 passengers and crew onboard were killed. Of the human remains recovered, 6 positive identifications were made, including that of one Singaporean. Two of the identifications were by dental records, 2 by fingerprints, 1 by age estimation and 1 by personal effects. This paper describes the crash victim identification of Flight MI 185. The authors were part of an Indonesia- Singapore forensic team deployed for 3 weeks in Palembang to assist the Indonesian authorities in human remains identification.
Tan
Peng Hui
PH
Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore.
Wee
Keng Poh
KP
Sahelangi
Peter
P
D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003792:Dental Records; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male