Nigeria: Dana Crash - Bereaved Families Worry Over Decomposing Bodies

12 June 2012

Families of those killed in the June 3 Dana Air plane crash are now finding it next to impossible to identify the bodies of the passengers and crew of the ill-fated plane deposited at the mortuary of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, as some of the bodies have started decomposing.

It was learnt Monday that some of the bodies are decomposing, despite being embalmed, due to what sources said was the degree of burns suffered by the victims in the plane crash before they died, adding that burnt bodies decay faster.

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