The family lived in Jakarta, while the girls’ father worked in West Kalimantan.
They were preparing to move to the Borneo province to be together. Rahmania had already changed her daughter’s school enrollment ahead of the move.
On January 9, he waited at Pontianak airport for them to disembark.
But the family never got the chance to reunite.
Rahmania Ekanda and her daughters – aged six and the other, two-and-a-half – were three of the 62 passengers on board flight SJ182, when it crashed into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff.
In Kediri, East Java, her family is in mourning.
Her younger sister Neyna Rahmadani told Al Jazeera they are still in shock.
Cities in the Vision Zero Challenge identified lack of political leadership as the greatest barrier to implementing a Vision Zero road safety plan. Photo by WRI Ross Center
Since its beginning in Sweden in the 1990s, Vision Zero has become a global movement to prevent road fatalities and serious injuries by undertaking a Safe System approach to road safety. But despite the documented successes of the approach in reducing injuries and deaths, many of the world’s roads have continued to get more dangerous, year after year. Why? More vehicles on streets and more people in cities are big components, but there’s also a frustrating gap between public commitment to Vision Zero and actions to make that commitment a reality.
West Kalimantan governor welcomes arrival of SJ-182 victims coffins 24th January 2021
West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji (special)
On behalf of the West Kalimantan provincial administration, I deeply condole the deaths of the crash victims, and lead prayer for them Pontianak, W Kalimantan (ANTARA) - West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji welcomed the arrival of coffins of six passengers of the crashed Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 at Supadio International Airport in Pontianak city on Sunday. On behalf of the West Kalimantan provincial administration, I deeply condole the deaths of the crash victims, and lead prayer for them, he said.
Among the crash victims whose coffins arrived on Sunday were Toni Ismail, Athar Rizki Riawan, Ratih Windania, Yumna Fanisyatuhzahra, and Muhammad Nur Kholifatil Amin.
Indonesian divers prepared to resume a search on Thursday for the remains of 62 victims and the cockpit voice recorder from a Sriwijaya Air plane that plunged into the Java Sea soon after takeoff last weekend, officials said.
Sixth day of SJ182 search operation involves 268 divers: Basarnas 14th January 2021
Divers of of the Indonesian Navy found debris of the Sriwijaya Air plane on Jan 13, 2021. ANTARA/M Risyal Hidayat/aww. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) confirmed that the operation to search for victims and wreckage of the ill-fated Sriwijaya Air SJ182 aircraft on Thursday involved 268 divers.
The divers are concentrated on six spots of the location where the aircraft crashed into the waters between Laki Island and Lancang Island, Pulau Seribu District, six days ago, Operation Director of Basarnas Brigadier General Rasman stated during a press conference at the JICT 2 Pier, Tanjung Priok, here on Thursday.