BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The relatives of 65 people killed in a plane crash near Kyrgyzstan’s main airport began the process of identifying the bodies in the capital Monday.
Many of the nearly 100 weeping relatives who gathered at the main Bishkek morgue clutched dental records because most of the bodies were charred.
One woman, who declined to be named because she was traumatized, said the body of her brother-in-law was identified only by the watch he was wearing.The Boeing 737 was headed to the Iranian capital, Tehran, when it crashed Sunday near Bishkek’s Manas International Airport. Twenty-five people survived the accident, which investigators believe was caused by technical problems.
It was the worst aviation disaster in nearly two decades in the impoverished ex-Soviet Central Asian nation, whose aging airplanes are prohibited from operating in Europe because of safety concerns. Officials declared Tuesday a day of national mourning.
The plane crashed shortly after takeoff, after requesting an emergency landing and burst into flames on a field close to the airport. Officials ruled out a terrorist attack, saying the crash likely resulted from a loss of cabin pressure, but offered no theories as to the cause of the decompression.
Students loses classmates
Medical workers and psychologists stood nearby to assist the relatives at the morgue.
Aigul, a 20-year old university student who declined to give her surname, said two of her classmates were on the plane heading to Tehran for a one-year scholarship program.
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – The relatives of 65 people killed in a plane crash near Kyrgyzstan’s main airport began the process of identifying the bodies in the capital Monday.