Clearer weather has allowed Indonesian helicopters to land and retrieve the bodies of the 45 people on a Russian-made plane that crashed into a volcano during a demonstration flight.
Investigators still have found no sign of the black box recorder that might explain why the new Sukhoi Superjet-100 slammed into Mount Salak about halfway through a 50-minute flight intended to woo potential Indonesian airline buyers on Wednesday.
Search teams who climbed the dormant volcano's near-vertical slopes have been struggling to retrieve the victims' remains, and helicopters were unable to land because of thick fog shrouding the area. All those on board the flight are now presumed dead, and the plane's shredded wreckage is scattered around the dense jungle.
Helicopters brought four body bags with remains to the capital, Jakarta, early on Saturday morning for identification, search and rescue agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso said.
"We also have deployed a team to find the black box, but so far it has yet to be found," Prakoso said.
Colonel Anton Chastila, a police forensic doctor in Jakarta, said his team has received the remains, adding it was unclear how many victims they represent.
Wednesday's demonstration flight was mostly carrying representatives from Indonesian airlines, which are rapidly expanding to serve a burgeoning middle class in the sprawling archipelago where air travel between islands is a quicker alternative to ferries.
Just 21 minutes after takeoff from a Jakarta airfield, the Russian pilot and co-pilot asked for permission to drop from 10,000ft to 6,000ft (3,000m to 1,800m). They gave no explanation, disappearing from the radar immediately afterward.
It was not clear why the crew asked to shift course, especially since they were so close to the 7,000ft (2,200m) volcano, officials have said.
The Superjet is Russia's first new model of passenger jet since the fall of the Soviet Union two decades ago and was intended to help resurrect its aerospace industry.
