Forensic Anthropology at the Mass Fatality Incident (Commercial Airliner) Crash Scene

• NCJ Number: 311160
• Author(s): Dennis C. Dirkmaat
• Date Published: March 2012
• Grant Number(s): 2008-DN-BX-K133
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Handbook
• Award: Enhancing Scene Processing Protocols to Improve Victim Identification and Field Detection of Human Remains at Mass Fatality Scenes

Abstract

This chapter from A Companion to Forensic Anthropology contains sections titled:

• Responsibility for the Investigation
• MFI Management Responsibility 1: Victim Identification
• But Changes Are Afoot…
• MFI Management Responsibility 2: Victim Recovery
• Changes in the Field Recovery Philosophy
• Weldon Spring Protocols
• The Continental (Colgan Air) Flight 3407 Crash Site
• Conclusions
• References