Floral tribute to plane crash victims


Sorrowful farewell: A Sriwijaya Air employee throwing flower petals into the sea from the deck of the Indonesian naval ship KRI Semarang off the Jakarta coast. — Reuters

RELATIVES of the victims of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 prayed and threw flowers into the Java Sea where the jet plunged into the water almost two weeks ago, killing all 62 people on board.

An Indonesian navy vessel took dozens of grieving relatives to the site yesterday.

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