A former New Zealander killed with 16 other people when their plane crashed into mountainous Fijian rainforest had been working on an Australian aid project in Suva, and was probably on his way home to Adelaide.
Peter Choon Min Yong, aged 56, had been working under contract in Fijifor the overseas development programme AusAid. He was involved in a two-year project to improve customs revenue collection in Fiji.
Six Australians, including three other aid workers, were also on the Air Fiji Bandeirante plane that crashed into thick rainforest on Saturday morning.
The accident happened 10 minutes into a domestic flight from Suva to Nadi in the Namosi region.
Fiji's Daily Post newspaper reported that villagers heard a marked change in the plane's two engines shortly before a loud explosion.
Last night police had recovered 16 of the bodies from the scattered wreckage, which is four hours' trek from the nearest village. The search for the final body resumes today.
Three Australian air accident inspectors arrived yesterday to investigate the crash.
Many of those killed were on their way to Nadi to link with international flights, and it is believed Mr Yong was headed for Adelaide.
Among the nine Fijians killed were a former Fijian parliamentarian, Kuar Battan Singh, aged 68, who was on his way to an annual medical check in Melbourne; pilot Kitione Galuinadi, 27, son of the Fiji Sugar Corporation's chief executive; and bank officer Esteen Singh, former wife of the Fijian Attorney-General, and her 18-year-old daughter.
The AusAid workers killed were Clare Bleakley, 44, Ray Lloyd, 42, and Dr Christopher Kohlenberg, 42.
Qantas domestic purser Sarah Gidney, 32, of Sydney, and her infant daughter were also killed.
