Crash relatives appeal to Gus Dur<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (DPA): Families of those killed in a SilkAir crash
\nare urging Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid to look into
\nthe lack of investigative updates on the cause of the 1997
\ndisaster that killed all 104 people aboard, it was reported on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
A formal letter was turned over to Indonesia's ambassador in
\nSingapore from members of an association representing the
\nvictims' families.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Luhut Pandjaitan said he would turn over the letter
\nto the president.<\/p>\n
Association vice-chairman Aaron Ng told The Straits Times that
\nduring the 30-minute discussion, the ambassador was \"very
\nsupportive\" of their relatives' efforts to push for the results
\nof the probe into the crash of the Singapore Airlines subsidiary.
\nThe freshly serviced plane, on a Jakarta to Singapore flight,
\nwent down in the Musi River in Palembang, Indonesia on Dec. 19,
\n1997.<\/p>\n
Ng said the ambassador was concerned that they had not been
\nable to contact the chief investigator, Professor Oetarjo Diran
\nof the Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission.<\/p>\n
The families were last briefed in August. The interim report
\nsuggested that human intervention had caused the Boeing 737 to
\ncrash and revealed that the pilot had a history of disciplinary
\nand financial problems.<\/p>\n
Ng said the final report was supposed to be ready late last
\nyear or at the beginning of this year.<\/p>",
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