AirAsia Flight QZ8501: Three more bodies identified

Crew members of a US Navy helicopter from the USS Sampson unload the remains of passengers from AirAsia QZ8501, recovered from the sea, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, on Jan 2, 2015. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Crew members of a US Navy helicopter from the USS Sampson unload the remains of passengers from AirAsia QZ8501, recovered from the sea, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, on Jan 2, 2015. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Catholic funeral service being held for 11-year-old Grayson Herbert Linaksita, who travelled with his parents and sister on AirAsia flight QZ8501 for a year-end holiday, by the Bethany Church at Adi Jasa funeral home in Surabaya on Jan 2, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
A Catholic funeral service being held for 11-year-old Grayson Herbert Linaksita, who travelled with his parents and sister on AirAsia flight QZ8501 for a year-end holiday, by the Bethany Church at Adi Jasa funeral home in Surabaya on Jan 2, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
A Catholic funeral service being held for 11-year-old Grayson Herbert Linaksita, who travelled with his parents and sister on AirAsia flight QZ8501 for a year-end holiday, by the Bethany Church at Adi Jasa funeral home in Surabaya on Jan 2, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
A relative breaks down as the body of Grayson Herbert Linaksita, who was on AirAsia flight QZ8501 to Singapore for a holiday with his parents and sister, awaits preparations for a wake at a funeral parlour in Surabaya on Jan 2, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
The coffin carrying the body of Grayson Herbert Linaksita, who was on AirAsia flight QZ8501 to Singapore for a holiday with his parents and sister, awaits preparations for a wake at a funeral parlour in Surabaya on Jan 2, 2015. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
Updated
Jan 19, 2016, 09:01 PM
Published
Jan 02, 2015, 04:22 PM

SURABAYA, Indonesia - Three more bodies from the AirAsia flight QZ8501 search site have been identified, police said on Friday.

The bodies of stewardess Khairunnisa Haidar, passengers Grayson Herbert Linaksita and Kevin Alexander Soetjipto, were identified based on fingerprints and medical records, police said at a press conference.

Experts at the disaster victim identification (DVI) team were on Friday morning identifying eight bodies at police hospital Bhayangkara in Surabaya, the capital city of East Java province.

Earlier, the identity of passenger Hayati Lutfiah Hami was confirmed, and her body was buried by her family on Thursday.

Head of National Search and Rescue Agency H. Henry Bambang Sulistyo said that search operation continued on Friday.

To facilitate the operation, one tanker ship owned by the Indonesia's upstream oil and regulatory body, or SKK Migas would sail to the sea to supply oil for rescue ships, said Sulistyo.

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