Families of Indonesia jet crash victims hold memorial at sea; investigators look for clues


A family member of the passenger of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, which crashed into the sea, mourns while visiting the site of the crash to pay their tribute, on the deck of Indonesia's Naval ship KRI Semarang, at the sea off the Jakarta coast, Indonesia, on January 22, 2021. - Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 23 (AFP): Relatives of 62 people killed when an Indonesian passenger jet slammed into the sea scattered flowers at the crash site on Friday evening (Jan 23), as investigators look for clues to why the plane dropped from the sky minutes after takeoff.

The memorial came as the search for human remains and wreckage ended two weeks after the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged roughly 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) in less than a minute before crashing into waters off Jakarta.

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