Fed: Six crash victims now in Port Moresby for identification

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2009
Fed: Six crash victims now in Port Moresby for identification

The remains of six victims of the Papua New Guinea plane crash have been flown to Port
Moresby .. where the process of identification will formally begin.

But it could still be some time before the nine Australians who died on their way to
the iconic Kokoda Track make their final journey home.

JOSEPH KINTAU .. the head of PNG's Civil Aviation Authority .. says work is still going
on .. and there's a lot of bodies to recover.

Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD sympathised with the plight of the families today .. telling
ABC radio a second recovery team was winched into the crash site area to help speed up
the recovery process.

Meanwhile .. Canberra's deployed diplomatic staff to Kokoda village to assist people
finding it difficult to get out .. but the Kokoda Track Authority is confident no-one
is stranded.

AAP RTV so/kms/wf

KEYWORD: PNG PLANE (CANBERRA)

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