One of the passengers on board missing Singapore-bound Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 managed to take a picture of himself in front of the plane before departure. Gusti Made Bobi Sidharta from Malang, Timor Leste had sent the image to his neighbour through the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) a few minutes before the plane took off. He had even changed his BBM status to "boarding". His neighbour M. Ridwan said it was hard to believe when he saw Gusti Made and his family's names in the passengers' list. "Bobi had said he wanted to spend holiday with his family at Bali and Lombok (Indonesia), not Singapore," Ridwan said.
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