The remains are turned over to the local coroner's office for identification
Military personnel stand by an Air Force plane as they wait to unload human remains found during the search for the C-130 Hercules transport plane which crashed in the sea on its way to Antarctica late Monday with 38 people on board, at an air base in Punta Arenas, southern Chile, on December 13, 2019.
Remains of people killed in a military plane crash that claimed 38 lives were flown on Friday, December 13, to a military base in Chile for identification.
The remains were brought in aboard a Hercules C-130 plane – just like the one that went down Monday off the southern tip of South America – and turned over to the local coroner's office, Agence France-Presse (AFP) observed.
A total of 39 relatives of 11 crash victims flew Friday from the capital Santiago to Punta Arenas, where the base is located, to provide DNA samples.
Thirty-eight people – 21 passengers and 17 crew – were on the plane headed to a base across the Drake Passage in the Antarctic. That rough waterway links the Atlantic and Pacific.
Authorities say they have not ruled out anything as to the cause of the crash.
The plane made no emergency signal prior to its disappearance, indicating the circumstances of the accident were likely abrupt.
The Air Force has said the plane's maintenance record was in order.
It also said it will investigate a Whatsapp audio message sent by a passenger to relatives that allegedly said the plane was having electrical problems.
Debris from the plane was located in a 12 square mile (30 square kilometers) area in the Drake Passage, a storm-tossed body of water south of Cape Horn.
SOURCE: www.rappler.com
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