Mass Disasters Flashcards
1
Q
Waco Branch Davidian Fire
A
branch davidians- religious group
1993: FBI raid with a warrant for firearms
fire destroyed compound except this bunker
242 samples from 82 bodies
2
Q
Swissair Flight 111
A
1998: flight crashed near Halifax, Canada due to an onboard fire
some IDed with fingerprints, others with dental records, rest with DNA
3
Q
Swissair Flight 111 challenges
A
samples underwater
no reference samples
43 families died together
victimes from >20 countries
4
Q
September 11th
A
terrorist attacks
3 locations: Pentagon, World Trade Center, PA
>3,000 victims
>20,000 remains
5
Q
Developments from 9/11
A
improved extraction from bone
new/improved software for matching samples
new markers (SNP panels, mini STRs)
high-throughput mtDNA sequencing
