Bogor, West Java
(Antara Bali) - The family of Gerda Leliana Lahenda who was the victim
of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 airplane that crashed in Ukraine is
expecting the body of the victim.
"I am waiting for news, but I have received no news from the airline
company, although they have asked me to prepare in case there is a new
development," Deby Lahenda, the victims daughter, said to ANTARA here on
Friday.
She said she was ready in case she was asked to come and help with
the DNA identification process, but she will wait for confirmation
before deciding to leave.
She said her mother had planned to return home after staying for three months in the Netherlands where her sister lives.
She said she now knows no sign of such incidents will happen, adding
she was talking to her mother by phone before the incident.
"Before boarding the plane my mother had asked me to pick her up at
10 and bring a small bag along, as she had planned to spend the night
at my sisters home in Pondok Indah," she said.
"My mother said goodbye before closing the conversation," she said.
Deby said she had first heard about the crash on Thursday night while she was about to sleep.
She said she will stay at her sisters house in Pondok Indah for
easy access and also for monitoring any development in the evacuation of
victims.
"If I stay at my home in Cibubur, accessing will be difficult.
Meanwhile, all our family members have also gathered in Pondok Indah. We
are all waiting for news and hope that the body could be discovered
soon and returned home," she said.
The Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane was on its way from the
Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur with 298 passengers on board, including 12
Indonesian citizens, when it crashed in Ukraine after being hit by a
missile.(WDY)
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