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'We want concrete answers': Victims' families cry in disappointment over KNKT's Lion Air JT610 crash report
Anton said a long list of questions remained unanswered for him and his family, including who would take full responsibility for the crash and whether the Lion Air Group would face sanctions.
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Family members of the Lion Air flight JT610 crash victims scatter flower petals from the deck of the KRI Banjar Masin into the sea near Karawang, West Java, in a ceremony on Nov. 6, 2018, to pray for their loved ones.
(JP/Donny Fernando)
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nton Sahadi, 30, sat in confusion as he heard the explanation from the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) from the final investigation report into Lion Air flight JT610 that crashed into the Java Sea almost a year ago.
Two of his cousins, Muhammad Ravi Andrian and Riyan Aryandi, were among the 189 people killed in the downed aircraft, which was en route from Jakarta to Pangkalpinang in Bangka Belitung Islands province on Oct. 29, 2018.
Anton said a long list of questions remained unanswered for him and his family, including who would take full responsibility for the crash and whether the Lion Air Group would face sanctions.
“We just want to get some concrete answers, or at least clarity about who is going to take full responsibility over this accident. At least, the Lion Air Group as the airline operator should get administrative sanctions, but I think even until now there have been no serious consequences for the airline,” Anton told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
He went with Ravi’s parents to a private presentation organized by the KNKT for the victims’ families on Wednesday, along with about 40 other people representing victims.
Although the investigation indicated that the Boeing jet's design was the major reason for the crash, Anton said the airline also contributed to it. He said the investigation results indicated negligence by Lion Air since the pilot who flew the plane on its previous flight did not report there was a problem with the aircraft.
“It is sad to know that what happened a year ago to our families is like something forgotten. Lion Air is still flying normally until now. Has the government given them sanctions to create a deterrent? We just don’t want a similar accident to happen again in the future,” he added.
