Indonesian woman who lost fiance in Lion Air crash pleads for safe planes


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Nov 2018

A wedding photo of the bride of a Lion Air flight JT610 victim, who carried on the celebration despite the absence of the groom, in Bangka, Bangka Belitong Province, Indonesia November 11, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media on November 16, 2018. LALA INDRA PERMANA/via REUTERS

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian woman whose fiance was among 189 people killed when a Lion Air flight crashed into the sea near Jakarta last month implored authorities on Friday to improve the safety and regulation of the country's airlines.

Intan Indah Syari had been due to marry her high-school sweetheart, Rio Nanda Pratama, who was a doctor, on November 11.

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