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A year after Boeing 737 crashes into Java Sea, some families still without compensation
Tuesday marked one year after Lion Air flight JT610 crashed into the Java Sea on Oct. 29, 2018. Rafi was one of 189 people on board the plane. None survived.
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A time to remember: Family members of Lion Air flight JT610 crash victims scatter flowers from the deck of KRI Banjar Masin into the sea near Karawang, West Java, on Tuesday. (The Jakarta Post/David Caessarre)
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nton Sahadi, 30, can still remember the moment the National Police phoned him last year to inform him that they had identified the body of his cousin, Muhammad Rafi Adrian.
“I couldn’t describe my feeling at that time. I got that call on the seventh day after the crash. It was devastating because for days we still believed that Rafi was still alive, that somehow he found his way out of the plane, and survived the crash,” Anton told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Anton said that, after receiving the call, he drove his car to Raden Said Soekanto Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, to identify the body. When he saw the body to confirm it was his cousin, he broke down and cried.
Tuesday marked one year after Lion Air flight JT610 crashed into the Java Sea on Oct. 29, 2018. Rafi was one of 189 people on board the plane. None survived.
Anton and his family lost two relatives, Rafi and Rivan Aryandi, in the crash, Rivan’s body has yet to be found.
A year has passed since that day but, for Anton and his family, many things are still not clear about the accident, including why some family members of victims have yet receive compensation.
Transportation Ministry Regulation No. 77/2011 stipulates that the amount of compensation that must be given to the victim of an aircraft accident is Rp 1.25 billion per passenger.
