- Title: Tearful relatives of Indonesia jet crash victims demand answers
- Date: 5th November 2018
- Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (NOVEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) ****WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** RELATIVES REGISTERING AT DESK FOR NEWS CONFERENCE VARIOUS OF RELATIVE CRYING AND BEING LED INTO CONFERENCE MEETING OF VICTIMS' RELATIVES IN PROGRESS CAMERAMEN REPORTERS AND RELATIVES (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) VICTIMS' RELATIVE, NAJIB FUQUONI, SAYING: "We are the victims here. Imagine if you were in our position with all the emotions." REPORTERS AND RELATIVES (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) VICTIM'S RELATIVE, MUHAMMAD BAMBANG SUKANDAR, SAYING: "We can't let this happen, sir. It's within the legal process that these technicians take full responsibility. MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION BUDI KARYA SUMADI (RIGHT) AND OFFICIALS ADDRESSING AUDIENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION, BUDI KARYA SUMADI, SAYING: "As an initial step we conducted ramp checks for 11 Boeing 737 Max 8 and thankfully we have cleared those as good to go. But we will do special audits of SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), crew quality, and stakeholder coordination." HEAD OF NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE (KNKT), SURJANTO TJAHJONO EXPLAINING PLANE REMAINS (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) HEAD OF NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE (KNKT), SURJANTO TJAHJONO SAYING: "Here are the pieces and we see that those pieces are small, it shows that during collision with the water, it rammed at a high speed hence the small sizes. As such the energy released was extraordinarily large." EVENT ONGOING BOGOR, WEST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (NOVEMBER 4, 2018) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF RELATIVES CARRYING COFFIN / LABEL ON COFFIN READING (Bahasa Indonesia): "HARWINOKO" VARIOUS OF RELATIVES PRAYING FOR VICTIM RELATIVES CARRYING COFFIN TO CEMETERY RELATIVES SETTING COFFIN ABOVE THE GRAVE RELATIVES LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) VICTIM'S RELATIVE, HARRY PRAJITNO, SAYING: "After going through verifications and DNA test we were sure that this is the body of my brother." COFFIN BEING LOWERED INTO GRAVE RELATIVES LOWERING COFFIN INTO GRAVE WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF VICTIM
- Embargoed: 19th November 2018 09:14
- Keywords: Indonesia jet crash Lion Air victims relatives ministry of transportation
- Location: JAKARTA AND BOGOR, WEST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- City: JAKARTA AND BOGOR, WEST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0019589E85
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING
Relatives of the victims of an Indonesian jet that crashed into the sea off Jakarta, killing all 189 on board demanded answers on Monday (November 5) as to why the plane had been passed fit to fly and called for no let up in the search for loved ones.
Indonesian authorities on Sunday (November 4) extended by three days the search for victims and a second black box recorder from the wreckage of a nearly new Boeing 737 MAX that slammed into the sea only minutes after it took off on Oct. 29.
At a news conference charged with emotion, relatives addressed questions to Indonesian officials including transport minister Budi Karya Sumadi and the head of the country's transportation safety committee (KNKT).
Najib Fuquoni, a relative of a victim, demanded an independent investigation into the crash. Muhammad Bambang Sukandar, the father of a victim, said Lion Air technicians needed to take "full responsibility" if it was proved they had not properly attended to technical issues following the jet's previous flight from Bali to Jakarta.
The head of KNKT Surjanto Tjahjono said 69 hours of recorded data from 19 flights, including the one that crashed, had been downloaded successfully from a partly damaged flight data recorder recovered on Thursday (November 1).
As of Monday, 138 body bags containing human remains had been recovered and handed to police for forensic identification, yet only 14 victims had been identified. Relatives have been conducting funeral rites for victims that were identified through DNA testing. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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