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Families of AirAsia crash victims try to move on
Relatives of unlocated victims of AirAsia flight QZ8501 said on Tuesday that they were coming trying to terms with the fact they would never see the remains of their loved ones
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elatives of unlocated victims of AirAsia flight QZ8501 said on Tuesday that they were coming trying to terms with the fact they would never see the remains of their loved ones.
'I have been waiting for news about my son for the past two months. Now I feel like I want to just let it go; maybe this is the way it was meant to be,' Dwiyanto, 60, said as quoted by Antara news agency on Tuesday in Surabaya, East Java.
Dwiyanto's son was 31-year-old Bhima Aly Wicaksana, who lived in Surabaya and was traveling to Singapore to celebrate New Year's Eve.
The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) ceased on Monday its search for further remains of the Airbus A320, which crashed into waters off Central Kalimantan on Dec. 28 last year, killing 162 people on board, including one infant.
Basarnas recovered 103 bodies, 97 of which were identified.
Dwiyanto said he appreciated the joint Search and Rescue (SAR) team's efforts to locate the plane wreckage and search for the bodies of the passengers and crew.
'They have been very open. They answered every question, no whether it was about their SAR programs or insurance,' he explained.
Basarnas announced on Monday that three vessels would remain stationed at the search location to continue an additional search operation that was intended to give additional time for the families.
The additional search effort will be conducted for a week beginning on Monday.
'I support the additional search effort, but I will try to let my son go if Basarnas doesn't find him within this week,' he said.
Another crash victim's relative, Adityas, also appreciated Basarnas' efforts.
She said that the agency had continued to communicate with her regarding every aspect of the search even after her husband's body, Nanang Priyo Widodo, had been found. (nfo)(+++)
