Korean J Leg Med.  2007 Nov;31(2):157-161.

Identification of Korean victims in PMT-air airplane crash accident

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Forensic Medicine, National Institute of Scientific Investigation. komiyama@mogaha.go.kr
  • 2Scientific Investigation Center, National Police Agency.

Abstract

The PMT-air airplane crash accident occurred in June 25, 2007 in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. All 22 passengers and crew, including 13 Korean victims, were found dead. Human identification was done at the Cambodian-Russian Soviet friendship hospital. All of Korean victims were identified with fingerprint comparison, age estimation, comparison of belongings and examination of past medical history. In this identification process, the examination of antemortem data source with searching personal blog of internet had been proved efficient in human identification. The antemortem data collection with internet access may be useful and should be combined with classical antemortem data collection process because it is beyond spatial and time limitation.

Keyword

airplane accident; human identification; antemortem data; internet; blog

MeSH Terms

Aircraft*
Blogging
Cambodia
Information Storage and Retrieval
Dermatoglyphics
Forensic Anthropology
Friends
Humans
Internet
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