Formal identification of the victims in the Shoreham Air tragedy has started, West Sussex County Council’s Senior Coroner has revealed.

The forensic identification of the victims involves forensic archaeologists, anthropologists, odontologists and pathologists. It also includes a full CT scan of all of the remains and a CT scanner has specifically been brought to the mortuary for this purpose.

The full Interpol Victim Identification (DVI) process must take place on all of the victims.

Ms Schofield said: “Recovery of all the remains from the scene is almost complete due to the extremely hard work and dedication of police teams and archaeologists, who have been working in extremely difficult conditions.”

“We will now begin the formal process of identifying all the victims of this horrific tragedy. Recovering all the remains has been a very slow and painstaking operation, but it has been necessary to ensure we establish, without doubt, individual positive identifications.”

Ms Schofield has met with the families to explain the process and once identification is complete then she will open inquests into these deaths.