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SYDNEY - The black box from the Garuda plane that crashed in Indonesia killing at least 21 people is expected to arrive in Canberra today.
Four Australians have been confirmed dead after the Boeing 737-400 overshot the runway at Yogyakarta and burst into flames on Wednesday morning.
One of the bodies recovered from the crash is believed to be a fifth Australian, Jakarta embassy spokeswoman Liz O'Neill.
Her body could be formally identified today, Indonesia's Sardjito Hospital forensic doctor Ida Bagus Surya Putra said.
The other Australians are Walkley Award winner Australian Financial Review journalist Morgan Mellish, AusAID's Allison Sudradjat and Australian Federal Police agents Brice Steele and Mark Scott.
Five other Australians survived, including Sydney Morning Herald journalist Cynthia Banham who is in the intensive care unit of Royal Perth Hospital (RPF) with burns to at least 50 per cent of her body.
It is also believed she has multiple fractures, including to her back.
RPH burns surgeon, Suzanne Rea, would not give details about Ms Banham's case but told journalists any major burns patient would face a series of operations.
"She remains in a serious but stable condition and she is a severely injured patient, the same as any other major burns patient," Dr Rea said.
"Obviously, with any medical thing if you are in good health before anything happens to you, with any trauma, your outcome is usually better.
"Major burns take years to heal and people who come in with a major burn do not come out fully cured of their burn injury, they will have ongoing rehabilitation ... for a long time."
Australian banker Roger Tallboys, 51, of Tasmania, is being treated for burns in a Singapore hospital.
Two RAAF officers escaped with relatively minor injuries.
Flight Sergeant Michael Hatton and Leading Aircraftsman Kyle Quinlan yesterday were flown to Darwin aboard a VIP jet and taken to hospital for treatment.
The whereabouts of a fifth Australian believed to have walked away from the crash is unknown.
The Department of Health and Ageing said Australia's highest level disaster management group, the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) would continue to monitor the situation in Indonesia and respond to any further requests for help.
Burns specialist and former Australian of the Year Fiona Wood who went to help Indonesian emergency services following the crash is expected to return to Australia soon, the department said in a statement.
Other medical personnel, including a burns surgeon, an anaesthetist and nurses from Adelaide who went to Darwin ready to help if crash survivors were airlifted to the Northern Territory, would return to South Australia.
Medical personnel on standby in other states had also been stood down, the department said.
- AAP
