REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BOGOR - Chief of the Search Mission Coordinator (SMC) Ketut Parwa confirmed that no survivor had been found in the wreckage of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) which crashed into Mount Salak, Bogor, West Java on May 9, 2012. "As we enter the ninth day of the search and evacuation processes, the joint Search and Rescue (SAR) team has not found any survivor," Parwa declared on Thursday.
He, however, continued to hope for a miracle, although the chance was very slim. "We hope to find a survivor although the possibility is very slim. We believe in miracles," he stated.
Most the victims` bodies were found in a disfigured condition, most likely because of the plane`s explosion or because they were hit by the plane`s wreckage. On the eighth day of the evacuation process, the SAR team evacuated the victims` remains in a total of 37 body bags, which were taken to Jakarta by land and air.
On Thursday morning alone, the team evacuated five body bags of the victims` remains from the crash site to Jakarta. According to Parwa, the search efforts would continue for an indefinite period of time.
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