Sukhoi Victims Handed Over to Families During a Ceremony at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport

A man prays in front of a coffin containing the remains of a victim of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash

The remains of all 45 victims of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash were officially handed over to their families during a ceremony at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in East Jakarta on Wednesday.

The ceremony started at 10 a.m. and took place at the arrival terminal of the airport. Transportation Minister E. E. Mangindaan led the ceremony. Quote from thejakartaglobe.com.

A total of 45 coffins containing the victims’ remains, with funeral wreaths on top of them, were lined up at the terminal. Hundreds of people, mostly relatives of the victims, gathered to pay their respects.

After the ceremony, the remains of most victims were brought home by their family members for burial.

All the funeral-related costs will be covered by Trimarga Rekatama, the Indonesian representative of Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, which manufactured the crashed Sukhoi plane, according to Trimarga technical consultant Indra Djani.

A total of 45 people, including eight Russians, one French citizen and one American, were onboard the plane when it crashed on the slope of Mount Salak in West Java on May 9, during a demonstration flight.

Most of the passengers were representatives of Indonesian airlines invited by Sukhoi to test the plane as part of its six-country Asian road show meant to lure prospective buyers.