Cecilia's fate remains unknown<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The fate of an Indonesian passenger on the ill-
\nfated Singapore Airlines (SQ) flight 006 which crashed on takeoff
\nin Taipei on Tuesday is still unknown.<\/p>\n
Singapore Airlines' officials still could not confirm whether
\nCecilia Halim is one of the 79 victims who died aboard the Boeing
\n747-400 at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport despite the fact
\nthat she was not among those being treated in hospital.<\/p>\n
A spokeswomen for the Airline Media Center in Singapore told
\nThe Jakarta Post by telephone that she had no further information
\nconcerning the Indonesian.<\/p>\n
\"All I can say that we have yet to identify the body\", said
\nthe spokeswoman who asked not to be named.<\/p>\n
A housewife and mother of two, Cecilia Halim was one of five
\nIndonesian passengers aboard the doomed flight.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian survivors were Anton Gunadi, Lailawati Gunadi,
\nHendric Leenardo and Sigit Suciptoyono.<\/p>\n
A resident of Surabaya, East Java, Cecilia boarded the flight
\non her way to Los Angeles along with Anton and Lailawati, who are
\nher relatives.<\/p>\n
However Cecilia reportedly traveled economy class while her
\ntwo relatives were in first class.<\/p>\n
\"When her husband found out that Cecilia was among those
\naboard the plane, he immediately left for Taipei,\" Andre, a
\nnephew of Cecilia, said as quoted by the Surabaya-based Jawa Pos
\nnewspaper.<\/p>\n
Cecilia's husband Thio Yauw Liang alias Aka, is an employee of
\nan East Java-based timber company.<\/p>\n
The couple have a son and a daughter -- Rizal and Marissa --
\nwho are both students of Petra Senior High School in Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Andre said that the family was still awaiting further
\ninformation on Cecilia's fate.<\/p>\n
\"We are very upset and can only hope that Cecilia is safe, no
\nmatter what her condition is,\" Andre said.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Andre said that the family was keeping its hopes
\nup and believed that she was alive as she had made an unfulfilled
\npromise.<\/p>\n
\"She promised us many gifts from the United States,\" Andre
\nsaid of their reason for believing.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a statement from the Singapore Airlines' Jakarta
\noffice on Friday said that 11 survivors had been released from
\nhospital in Taipei overnight after receiving medical attention.<\/p>\n
This brings the number still being treated in hospital to 40.<\/p>\n
\"Fifty-nine survivors, including those who required only
\noutpatient treatment and those released from the hospital, have
\neither returned to their homes, are preparing to do so or are
\ncontinuing on their travels\", the statement said.<\/p>\n
Among those released from hospital on Wednesday was Indonesian
\nHendric Leenardo, while Sigit Suciptoyono is still in hospital.<\/p>\n
Investigators are still looking into the cause of the
\naccident. However, there is growing suspicion that the jetliner,
\nwhich was carrying 179 people, may have hit an object on the
\nrunaway before the crash. (02)<\/p>",
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