Crash victim remains reach Jakarta

Body bags containing the remains of some of the victims of Wednesday's plane crash in Indonesia arrive at an airport in Jakarta.

From here they're taken to a police hospital where experts will identify who they belong to.

Officials say 12 bags of remain have been collected and flown from the crash site at Mount Salak.

Relatives of some of the victims say it's an agonising wait.

SOUNDBITE: DIDIT, RELATIVE OF AIR CRASH VICTIM SAYING (Bahasa Indonesia):

"My wife, Maria Marcela, was on board. My gut feeling says her body is inside the bags but I will wait for the official announcement."

The Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed on a hilltop in a remote area of West Java.

There were 45 passengers and crew on board.

They included Indonesian reporters and business people, Russian embassy officials and flight crew, also one French national and one American.

Recovery teams who reached the scene of the accident have found no survivors.

The aircraft was on an exhibition flight as part of a tour to drum up sales when it crashed.

The cause remains a mystery.

Paul Chapman, Reuters