6 more bodies found at plane crash site on Indonesia's Mount Bulusaraung

ISTANBUL

An Indonesian search and rescue team on Thursday recovered six more bodies from a plane that crashed in the Mount Bulusaraung area of South Sulawesi province, Jakarta Globe reported.

“Six bodies have been found,” said Colonel Infantry Dody Priyo Hadi, assistant for operations at the Hasanuddin Military Command in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

The colonel mentioned that the bodies were found close to one another within a radius of about 50 meters (nearly 164 feet) from the initial discovery point.

He added that the authorities were still unable to determine “whether the findings are intact bodies or body parts.”

The rescue team “is still carrying out sweeps on other sides to make sure no victims are left behind,” he said.

Earlier, the authorities recovered the bodies of two people from the ATR 42-500 aircraft, as well as the aircraft's black box.

The ATR 42-500 aircraft, operated by Indonesia Air Transport, lost contact on Saturday in the Maros district while en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi.

Debris from the plane was found on Sunday. The aircraft was carrying 11 people, including eight crew members and three passengers.