41.   Investigators were meanwhile examining the wreckage of the plane which witnesses said had split into three parts after smashing into the water just off the island.

42.   A police team reached the site Sunday to examine the wreckage, collect forensic samples and question survivors and witnesses in a preliminary investigation, a police spokesman said.

43.   Aviation experts were expected on the scene later Sunday to examine the wreckage.

44.   Experts on Friday were examining the wreckage in the shopping centre to evaluate the health risks of asbestos left from the blast.

45.   US airforce investigators were at the scene examining the wreckage Friday but the cause of the plane crash remained unclear.

46.   On Friday evening the craft will be hoisted from the river bed so the wreckage can be examined as part of the investigation into the accident, police said.

47.   Police said they were still examining the wreckage.

48.   Poor weather has so far prevented insertion of a special forces team to examine the wreckage at the strike site, according to the reports.