Medicolegal Aspects of the Thai Airbus Crash Near Kathmandu, NepalFindings of the Investigating Pathologists
作者:
Ravindra Fernando,
Peter Vanezis,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 2
页码: 169-173
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Air disaster;Identification of human remains;Pathologic investigations
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A Thai Airbus, carrying 99 passengers and 14 crew members, traveling from Bangkok to Kathmandu, hit a mountain and crashed several minutes before landing. There were no survivors. Recovered human remains, none of which was easily identifiable, varied in size from a small piece of muscle to mutilated bodies. Of the 97 fragments, only 15 were sufficiently intact (albeit, only partially) to be designated as "bodies." Of the fragments and "bodies," only 11 were positively identified. Causes of death, although all traumatic, could not be stated accurately due to the degree of disintegration. Identification of human remains in these circumstances is a major problem for the pathologist.
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