The decision is based on an evaluation and observations of the crash site where many victims' remains had not been recovered. So far, a total of 105 body bags, few containing intact remains, have been recovered and handed to police for forensic identification, yet only 14 victims have been identified. Meanwhile, the cockpit voice recorder, the second of two black boxes from the crashed plane, has been recovered.
According to the lastest update, the pilot of the plane sent request and was allowed to return to Jakarta. What happened after that has been unknown.
