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All bodies retrieved at Indonesia's plane crash site, black box found

Xinhua, October 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Rescuers on Tuesday transported all 10 bodies of victims from a crashed Indonesian plane to a nearby village, and discovered a black box of the small aircraft, a rescue official said.

The bodies have been shifted by land to Damaru village of Latimojong sub-district in South Sulawesi province in eastern Indonesia, spokesman of the National Search and Rescue Office Zainul Tjahar said.

"All the 10 bodies now are at Damaru village. They were carried from the mountain to the down sites. They will be transported to Ulu Salu village and airlifted by a helicopter to Makassar city," Tjahar told Xinhua, referring to the provincial capital of South Sulawesi.

"And the black box has also been discovered," he added.

The spokesman said the bodies would be identified at the police hospital in Makassar.

The Twin Otter DHC-6 plane with 10 people aboard lost contact at 0636 GMT on Friday en route from Masamba to Makassar.

The aircraft is operated by Aviastar airline. Endi