[PHOTO] Haru-Biru Sow Flowers For SJ-182 Sriwijaya Air Victims
JAKARTA - Red and white rose petals scatter above sea level around Lancang Island, Seribu Islands. This flower was sown by the families of the victims of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane that crashed in Thousand Islands.
On the edge of the deck of the KRI Semarang ship, the families and relatives of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 pilot and flight attendant were holding a basket filled with rose petals. The ship stopped at around 9.30 WIB, a sign that the flower-sowing program would start soon.
Their eyes, the families of the victims, were fixed on the sea, which was bumpy because of the wind. The flowers being held in the hand began to spread to the surface of the sea. Without saying, their tears could not flow.
At 10.00 WIB, KRI Semarang moved back to the pier. The families of the victims returned to their chairs, a sign that the flower-sowing activity was over.
During the return trip, almost all of the victims' families fell silent, lowering their heads. The sound of the moving ship engine accompanied the silence in the seats of the families.
One of the victims' families, Gugun, admitted that he was sincere in letting go of his brother, who was a passenger on the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 plane. Her brother who became the victim was Beben Sopian.
"We always pray. The family is sincere," said Gugun.
Today, the SAR team brought dozens of victims' families and relatives of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 pilot and flight attendant to the crash site. They departed from JICT II Jetty, Thousand Islands.
The families of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 victims headed for the flower sowing location in the waters of Lancang Island, Seribu Islands this morning. The flower sowing activity is intended to honor victims of plane crashes.
The family departed from JICT II Pier, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta using the KRI Semarang ship from 06.30 WIB. The trip takes about three hours to the point where the plane crashed.
Meanwhile, based on SAR operations from the first to the last day, the SAR team's findings totaled 325 body bags containing body parts. Then, as many as 119 aircraft materials, with details of 68 small bags containing aircraft debris and 55 large aircraft pieces.
Now, the cause of the crash of the Sriwijaya Air SJ-182 aircraft is still being investigated by the NTSC using the FDR black box data analysis that was found on January 12. Currently, the search for the CVR black box is still being carried out in further operations so that the cause of the crash can be revealed immediately.
Our reporter, Diah Ayu Wardani, took part in this flower sowing event. We capture a number of these touching moments.