Trigana Air crash: search teams find all 54 bodies in wreckage

Indonesian authorities reveal the plane was 'completely destroyed' and no survivors have been found

Indonesia Plane Crash
Indonesia's Transport Minister Ignasius Jonan speaks to reporters after plane debris spotted
(Image credit: Romeo Gacad/Getty)

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 54 passengers and crew on board the Trigana Air flight that crashed in a remote region of Indonesia on Sunday.

Search teams yesterday reached the crash site in dense forest in a mountainous area of the Papua region and reported no survivors.

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