The bodies of all ten people on board a chartered plane that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia have been discovered, according to a local official.
The turboprop plane, chartered by the fisheries ministry, was carrying seven crew and three civil servants when it lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday.
The aircraft crashed into Mount Bulusaraung on the island of Sulawesi.
Eight corpses were discovered earlier this week when rescuers searched the mountain’s steep slopes, their efforts hampered by the difficult terrain and inclement weather.
The bodies of the two remaining missing people were discovered on Friday and will be collected, according to Andi Sultan, a local rescue officer.
The plane’s black box was discovered on Wednesday, and it may throw light on what caused the plane to crash shortly before landing in Makassar, according to the local search and rescue agency.
On Sunday, debris from the jet was discovered near the peak, including the fuselage, tail sections, and windows.
Indonesia, a huge archipelago in Southeast Asia, mostly relies on air travel to link its thousands of islands.
The country’s aviation safety record is terrible, with multiple catastrophic disasters in recent years.
A helicopter carrying six passengers and two crew members crashed in September shortly after takeoff from South Kalimantan province, killing everybody on board.
Less than two weeks after the September disaster, a helicopter crashed in the rural Papua district of Ilaga, killing four people.
