Survivors and Fatalities
Of the 130 people on board, 84 passengers and 5 crew members died. The body of the pilot, Arief Mulyadi, has been identified. As of 09:17 local time (0217 UTC) on September 18, 2007, 21 out of 57 bodies of foreign nationals had also been identified. The airline contacted the rest of the victims' families for evidence to aid in identification. Some victims suffered head injuries caused by dislodged airline internals. Others were trapped and burned alive in the cabin. Many survivors sustained burns.
Various embassies and ministries in Bangkok confirmed the following numbers:
- Australian embassy: 1 Australian killed and 1 survived
(National Nine News reported at 3 P.M. on 18 September that Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer and his department felt confident that no more than 2 Australians died in the crash.) - British embassy: 8 Britons killed and at least 2 injured
- Canada: 1 killed and 1 injured
- French foreign ministry: 3 French nationals killed, 1 injured, and 6 missing
- German officials: At least 1 German killed - a 29-year-old man, 4 injured
- Ireland foreign ministry: 1 Irish national killed
- Israel media: 8 Israelis killed, 2 injured
- Swedish foreign ministry: 2 Swedes killed - a 19-year-old female and a 20-year-old male, and 2 survived with minor injuries
- US embassy: 5 American tourists killed
Three local hospitals treating the injured have released the following survivors according to their nationalities:
1 Australian, 1 Austrian, 8 British, 1 Canadian, 2 Dutch, 4 German, 3 Iranian, 3 Irish, 2 Israeli, 1 Italian, 2 Swedish and 14 Thai.
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Famous quotes containing the word survivors:
“I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don’t know how to handle their parents. They see that their parents are traumatized: they scream and don’t react normally.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)