REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG - The West Java Health Office has sent a medical team and a disaster victim identification team to the crash site of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 in the Mount Salak area of Bogor district. "The medical team, along with a team from the West Java Police, was sent to the crash site on Thursday morning to help carry out the evacuation and identification process," reported West Java Health Office spokesperson Alma Luciaty over her cellular phone.
She added that apart from the medical team, 55 ambulances had been sent to assist in the evacuation process.
"All 55 ambulances from Bogor city, Bogor district, and Sukabumi district are in standby position at the Tamansari clinic in Bogor and Cidahu clinic in Sukabumi," Alma remarked.
Meanwhile, Indonesian National Police has prepared Dr. Sukamto Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta to accommodate the victims. The ambulance was also prepared to evacuate them, the Indonesian National Police Spokesman, Boy Rafli Amar,sa id.
Police has owned the list of the last data, such as clothes, before the victims went on the flight. The data will ease the work of forensic team.
“Forensic team will be accompanied by 40 doctors. They will compare the result with the data,” he said.
The crash site was located at the coordinates 06.42.612 and 1064441.2, around 3.5 kilometres from Cijeruk command post, Bogor district, West Java, said the chief coordinator of the Mount Halimun Salak National Park, Ketut Purwa.