Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency team was continuing a search operation for the 62 people aboard Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, which crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff Saturday.
Sunday, family members gathered at a victim identification center in Jakarta and at a crisis center in Pontianak, where they waited for any news of their loved ones.Agus Minarni and Muhammad Nur Kholifatul Amin had traveled from their home in Mempawah, in Indonesian Borneo, to Jakarta, in Java, to attend the funeral of Amin's father – which was taking place in Ponorogo, in Java's east.
But when they arrived at the airport Tuesday, they were informed that in order to board the flight, they would need to take a coronavirus PCR test – a process that would delay them from flying for another two days. She was a kind person, he said, adding that she had always helped him and his younger sister in many ways. He added that she was an especially caring person and had treated her aunts and uncles with kindness.It is imperative that"all involved stakeholders, the airline and the government take this investigation seriously," Yunus said.
The family of five had been in the Bangka Islands visiting other family members and were headed back to West Kalimantan via Jakarta. Windania also posted a cheerful photo of herself and her smiling daughter and nephew sitting on the plane moments before takeoff.Yohanes Suherdi was in Jakarta on a business trip and looking forward to returning to his family in Ngarak, a village several hours from Pontianak airport.