Authorities have now recovered all 15 bodies from the weekend plane crash on Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula.

Wet weather and mountainous terrain have hampered the retrieval effort since the accident on Saturday.

The bodies of the five remaining victims were airlifted from the crash site near Lockhart River late yesterday.

They were transported to Brisbane overnight, along with four other bodies which were held at Lockhart River.

The process of formal identification will be carried out at the John Tonge Forensic Centre.

Extra police personnel who worked tirelessly at the crash site will now return to Cairns.

Officers from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will stay at Lockhart River to continue their investigations.

Meanwhile, a Brisbane lawyer specialising in light plane crashes believes the landing approaches to Lockhart River may have contributed to the crash.

Peter Carter from Carter Capner says the airstrip has two approved GPS landing approaches and investigators should examine whether having options at some aerodromes is unsuitable.

“I’m sure the ATSB will investigate every theory, but one has to look at the fact that GPS approaches at non-controlled airports are a relatively new feature of Australian aviation, the GPS system does have inherent errors,” he said.

“Most of the discussion so far has been conjecture about the height the aircraft was flying at and its location, but there are other issues that need to be looked at.”