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QZ8501: 1 more body arrived at the Iskandar Airport to be flown to Surabaya

PANGKALAN BUN (Central Kalimantan): Another body has arrived at the Iskandar Airport here bringing the total number of bodies retrieved to seven.

It is believed that the victim was a female passenger from the ill-fated AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501.

Search teams also found a blue medium-sized luggage and several equipment such as a life jacket believed to be from the plane.

However it is yet to be certain if the luggage belonged to the same victim.

The body was rushed to Sultan Imanuddin Hospital here, to be prepared for a flight to Surabaya where it would be processed by the Disaster Victim Identification unit.

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