The families of three of the Israeli passengers who were on the Thai plane that crashed Sunday arrived at the island of Phuket Monday to await the results of the identification efforts by local authorities, with the aid of Israeli teams.
Another relative was making his way to Bangkok and is expected to arrive there later in the day.
Eight Israeli passengers are still missing since the crash and presumed dead.
The Israeli embassy has set up a situation room in Phuket to serve the families, as well as Zaka and Magen David Adom crews, along with Israel Police and Foreign Ministry representatives. Other diplomats from neighboring countries are also set to arrive at the place.
According to reports, Israeli IDs were found on two of the bodies recovered from the wreckage.
The Israeli passengers who were on the flight and are still missing have been identified as:
Adi Naim, 25, from Kfar Yona
Rotem Naori, 24, from Netanya
Zachi (Itzik) Biton, 26, from Kfar Yona
Hofit Eliya, from Kfar Yona
Lily Alon, 23, from Jerusalem
Rachel Tofan, 23, from Jerusalem
Hila Gershoni, 23, from Holon
Tal Feldman, from Rishon Lezion
Two Israelis, Vladimir and Isabella Freylikhman, survived the crash and are being treated for a number of injuries. They are scheduled to return to Israel on Tuesday.
Investigators searched Monday through the remains of the plane, while an airline official said wind shear may have doomed the flight.
The budget One-Two-Go Airlines flight was carrying 123 passengers and seven crew from Bangkok to Phuket on Sunday when it skidded off the runway while landing in driving wind and rain, catching fire and engulfing some passengers in flames.
According to a transcript of the conversation between the control tower and the plane, ground officials informed the Indonesian pilot, Arief Mulyadi, about wind shear at the airport but he decided to land anyway, the Air Transport Department's director-general, Chaisak Ungsuwan, said on The Nation TV channel.
"The last word the pilot said was 'landing,"' he said. Wind shear refers to sudden changes in the wind along a plane's flight path which can result in a disastrous loss of lift on the wings.
"We are still unable to say the cause of the accident," Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen said. "The officials have found the black boxes and will send them for analysis to the United States.
Hopefully, we will learn in a few weeks the cause of the accident." Others suggested it could take a year to determine the cause.