Crash
Flight 185 remained level at FL350 (35,000 feet/10,668 m) until it started a rapid and nearly vertical dive, as shown on Jakarta radar, around 16:12:18. The aircraft broke up in flight, and its debris crashed into the Musi River, near Palembang, Sumatra. From the moment it dived to impact took less than 1 minute. The plane was travelling faster than the speed of sound for a few seconds before it broke up.
All 104 people on board, including the 41-year-old Singaporean captain, Tsu Way Ming (朱卫民) and the 23-year-old co-pilot, New Zealander Duncan Ward, died in the crash.
The aircraft broke into pieces before impact, with the debris spread over several kilometres, though most of the wreckage was concentrated in a single 60-metre (200 ft) by 80-metre (260 ft) area at the river bottom. There was not a complete body, body part or limb found, as the entire aircraft and passengers disintegrated upon impact. Only six positive identifications were later obtained from the few recovered human remains.
Among those killed in the crash was Singaporean model and author Bonny Hicks.
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