Interpol on Wednesday (Jan 14) visited AirAsia's Crisis Centre in Surabaya, East Java, to support the multi-national Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team that has been tasked to identify the bodies of flight QZ8501, and to ensure all procedures follow internationally recognised DVI standards.
Two Interpol officials have met the East Java Police Chief and the Head of the East Java DVI unit in Surabaya.
Interpol's DVI official Simon Djirovski was delighted that DVI teams from five countries have worked together with Indonesia to identify the bodies and that all DVI procedures have followed international standards.
He pointed out the difficulty in search and recovery operations at sea and said families needed to be aware of the bitter reality. "Normally the people are aware about it. This is specific disaster is a very bad disaster. With the situation like this, there is absolutely no possibility that all bodies will be recovered,” said Djidrovski.
Djidrovski said that Search and Rescue teams were doing their best to find as many bodies as possible and added that Indonesia has gone a long way in developing its Disaster Victim Identification Unit.
Interpol's DVI community consists of 190 countries including Indonesia. Indonesia will become a member of Interpol's steering committee next month, along with 29 other countries.
Wednesday 14 January 2015
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