Lion Air to resume search for victims of Indonesia crash
Indonesia’s budget carrier Lion Air announced on December 17 that it was funding a multi-million dollar search effort using a Dutch company for the second black box and 64 missing victims on the ill-fated flight that crashed on October 29.
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s budget carrier Lion Air announced onDecember 17 that it was funding a multi-million dollar search effort using aDutch company for the second black box and 64 missing victims on the ill-fatedflight that crashed on October 29.
Lion Air said in a statement that it hired a Dutch firm to undertake the taskto recover the remains and the second black box.
According to the airline, the search will be focused on the coordinate wherethe aircraft went down, and with an operational time for 10 days.
The resumption of the search by Lion Air isto accommodate the request of family members whose loved ones were dead in thefatal flight.
Lion Air’s Boeing 737 MAX aircraft plunged into the Java Sea 13 minutes aftertakeoff from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang city on October 29. All 189 people onboard were killed.
The Boeing 737 Max is one of the world's newest and most advanced commercialplanes. - VNA
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A Lion Air jet (Photo: Airline Ratings) 
