298 Passengers Killed

Posted on Jul 18, 2014

Indonesia Tragedy on MH 17

It should have been a happy homecoming for Ninik Yuriani, 57, an Indonesian expatriate who had made Amsterdam her home for the past 17 years.

After living in the Dutch capital since 1997, it was to be Ninik’s first chance to celebrate Idul Fitri with members of her extended family in Jakarta. In fact, Ninik also planned to attend her niece’s wedding in Wonosobo, Central Java.

Ninik never made it to the two planned parties.

Her life was cut short when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed near the village of Grabovo in the restive region of Ukraine after being hit by a missile, apparently launched by separatist fighters.

Ninik was one of 298 passengers from at more than nine countries who lost their lives in the tragic incident. The Transportation Ministry reported that 12 Indonesian citizens were on board the ill-fated Boeing 777-200 jetliner.

“This would have been her first Idul Fitri holiday in a long time. She only came back once in three or four years, and only for short vacations,” Ninik’s uncle, Wardiyono, said.

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Another passenger who perished in the downed jetliner was Supartini, a native of Karanganyar, Central Java, who had been working as a housemaid in The Hague for the past three-and-a-half years.

Supartini was traveling home to celebrate Idul Fitri in her home town.

She was supposed to have been accompanied on the same flight by her sisters, Murtini and Paryanti, who also worked in the Netherlands as migrant workers.

However, no tickets were available for her sisters, so they flew later on Singapore Airlines and Emirates flights with the plan to meet up on Thursday afternoon at the Adi Soemarmo airport in Surakarta.

Her sisters never saw Supartini again. Her family learned about the accident after discovering that the flight number of her ticket matched the information broadcast on local television news.

The family also received a phone call from the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague, informing them that Supartini was among the victims of the air crash. Supartini, who was a widow, is survived by her only child, 12-year-old Murika.

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Another victim in the crash was Charles Tamtelahitu, 63, brother of PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi president director Theo Lekatompessy.

Charles was flying home to attend his mother’s funeral.

“My mother passed away yesterday [Wednesday] and her burial is scheduled for tomorrow [Friday]. I went to get a ticket for my older and only brother in order for him to fly from Amsterdam to attend the funeral [in Jakarta]. It has only led to more grief,” said Theo late Thursday.

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From Medan, the parents of Hendry, another of the plane’s passengers, were finding it hard to come to terms with the loss of their son.

“We’re still in shock. Both his parents passed out several times after hearing the news,” Hendry’s uncle, Antoni, said.

Hendry had only been in the Netherlands for the past two months, where he lived with his uncle, and was planning to return home to attend his sister’s wedding in September.

“He is the only son in the family. He’s the quiet one,” another member of his extended family, Suryani, said.

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that the country was mourning the loss of its citizens in what he called a “tragic incident”, and he sent his deepest condolences to the families of the victims.

“Our prayers and thoughts are with the families,” Yudhoyono said.

“If this (indication that the jet was shot down) is proven, this will constitute a serious breach of international law and the laws of war. Those responsible must be held fully accountable and must be brought to justice,” he said.

Indonesian victims

1. Hadiono Gunawan (seat number 1D)
2. Yodricunda Theistiasih (11E)
3. Ketut Wiartini (14H)
4. Yuli Hastini (16G)
5. Supartini (31K)
6. Hendry (32E)
7. Gerda Leliana Lahenda (14C)
8. Werther Smallenburg (12E)
9. Jane M Adi Soetjipto (14A)
10. Vickiline Kurniati Kardi (19F)
11. Wayan Sujana (12D)
12. Clarice Yelena Huizen (Baby Girl)
13. Ninik Yuriani
14. Charles Tamtelahitu

Source: Ina Parlina and Apriadi Gunawan / Jakarta Post

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Malaysia Air Victims come into Focus

Intelligence officials in the United States said that “the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was launched from inside Ukraine in an area controlled by Russian Separatists” and added that based they believe the missile was an SA-11. They have reports showing an explosion in the air following the missile launch.

According to ABC News, among the victims identified was Hadiono Gunawan, an employee of Malaysia Airlines, his wife, Irene, and their two children, Daryl and Sherryl, were traveling with him.

Karlijn Keijzer, a Dutch student studying in the United States, was going on vacation with her boyfriend.

Sarah Moonen said her brother and a friend were bumped from the Malaysia Airlines flight at the last minute, but two of their friends boarded the jetliner.

The International AIDS Society said “it was looking into reports that some of its members may have been on the flight en route to the International AIDS Conference taking place in Melbourne, Australia”.

The World Health Organization announced that spokesman Glenn Thomas was on board the Malaysia Airlines jetliner.

A freelance reporter for ABC News John Wendle described seeing “bodies scattered everywhere” at the crash site.

Source: ABC News

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Yuli pulang untuk ziarah ke makam ibu. Ini Kali Pertama Yuli Hastini Naik Malaysia Airlines

Yuli, suami dan dua anaknya berada di dalam pesawat itu.

Yuli Hastini bersama suaminya John Paulisen dan dua anaknya Arjuna Martin Paulisen dan Sri Paulisen, adalah penumpang pesawat Malaysia Airlines MH17 yang jatuh di Ukrania.

Awang Nuryanto, adik ipar Yuli menjelaskan, meski sering mengunjungi Indonesia, warga Solo yang menetap di Belanda itu baru kali pertama terbang dengan Malaysia Airlines.

Biasanya Yuli menumpang pesawat maskapai Belanda, KLM atau pesawat Singapore Airlines dan dilanjutkan pesawat Silk Air rute Singapura-Solo saat berkunjung ke Indonesia.

“Kakak saya baru pertama kali menumpang Malaysia Airlines. Karena teman-temannya itu juga kebetulan naik pesawat itu. Selain itu juga karena ada program diskon dari Malaysia Airlines,” jelas Awang.

Sementara kakak Yuli Hastini, Eni Widaryati menambahkan, adiknya berencana pulang kampung untuk menengok makam ibunya, Sri Mulyani, yang meninggal 29 November 2013. Saat itu, dia tidak bisa mengikuti pemakaman ibunya.

“Saat ibunya sakit itu Yuli datang, tetapi karena ada pekerjaan di Belanda, dia langsung pulang. Baru sampai Singapura ibunya meninggal,” ujar Sri Mulyani.

Sumber: Eko Priliawito, Fajar Sodiq / VIVANews

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Charles Tamtelahitu, Korban MH17, Gagal Hadiri Pemakaman Ibunya

Salah satu korban tewas Malaysia Airlines MH17, Charles Tamtelahitu (63), Jumat (18/7/2014), gagal menghadiri pemakaman ibunya, Agustin Hermelina Lekatompessy, di Surabaya.

Charles juga gagal bertemu keluarga besarnya yang sudah menunggunya di Surabaya sejak dua hari lalu. Charles sedianya pergi ke Indonesia dengan dua anaknya dari Belanda. Namun, karena ramainya intensitas penumpang penerbangan ke Indonesia, akhirnya dua anaknya itu batal ikut menghadiri pemakaman neneknya.

“Semula Pak Charles tidak kebagian kursi penerbangan, yang mencarikan satu kursi ya adiknya (Theo Lekatompessy) karena Pak Theo memiliki banyak jaringan di dunia usaha penerbangan,” kata Sekretaris PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi Tbk, Daryono, saat menghadiri kebaktian untuk Agustin Hermelina Lekatompessy di Persemayaman Adijasa, Surabaya.

Agustin Hermelina Lekatompessy meninggal pada usianya yang ke-80 di Surabaya, 16 Juli lalu. Hingga Jumat (18/7/2014) siang, jenazah disemayamkan di Adijasa Surabaya dan akan dimakamkan di kompleks pemakaman Kembang Kuning, Surabaya.

Charles sudah puluhan tahun berada di Belanda, tepatnya sejak perang kemerdekaan RI berkecamuk di Indonesia. “Dia jarang pulang ke Indonesia, paling hanya setahun sekali saat keluarga merayakan Natal,” kata Theo Lekatompessy.

Charles adalah salah satu penumpang pesawat Malaysia Airlines berkode penerbangan MH17 yang jatuh di wilayah Donetsk, Ukraina, pada Kamis (17/7/2014) sore waktu setempat. Pesawat Boeing 777 itu diduga diserang oleh milisi pro-Rusia di Ukraina.

Semua penumpang dan awak yang ada dalam pesawat itu tewas.

Sumber: Achmad Faizal, Glori K. Wadrianto / Kompas

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Brother of Humpuss president among MH17 victims

PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi president director Theo Lekatompessy said late on Thursday that his only brother, Charles Tamtelahitu, 63, was among the deceased after pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists allegedly shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Thursday, killing all 298 people on board.

The aircraft was en route from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“My mother passed away yesterday [Wednesday] and her burial is scheduled for tomorrow [Friday]. I went to get a ticket for my older only brother in order for him to be able to fly from Amsterdam to attend the burial [in Jakarta]. It only led to more grief,” said Theo.

According the Transportation Ministry, there were 12 Indonesian citizens on board the plane. They have been identified as Hadiono Gunawan, Yodricunda Theistiasih, Ketut Wiartini, Yuli Hastini, Vickline Kurniati Kardia, Supartini, Hendry, Gerda Leliana Lahendra, Wether Smallenburg, Jane M Adi Soetjipto and Wayan Sujana, as well as one infant.

Sumber: Jakarta Post

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Young Family Living in Bali Among the Victims of MH17

A husband and wife and their infant daughter were among the victims of Malaysian Airlines 3786.KU -11.11% Flight 17, which crashed in battle-torn east Ukraine Thursday.

Yodricunda Theistiasih, a native of Ambon, left the Netherlands aboard the ill-fated plane with her Dutch husband Arnoud Huizen and their two-year daughter Yelena. The family, whose final destination was their home in Bali, had just completed a three-week visit to the Netherlands to finish processing their daughter’s Dutch citizenship papers.

“I heard the news last night from [Arnoud’s] family in the Netherlands that they were killed in the accident,” said Martha Mariana Titihalawa, Ms. Theistiasih’s cousin. She declined to give Ms. Theistiasih’s or her husband’s exact ages. “They were supposed to be home today,” she added.

Ms. Theistiasih and Ms. Titihalawa moved to the resort island of Bali in search of work in the late 1990s from their birthplace in eastern Indonesia’s town of Ambon.

Ms. Theistiasih found work and Mr. Huizen, who she later married. She worked in a hotel in Kuta, one of Bali’s most well-known tourist beaches.

The family was among the 283 passengers and 15 crew killed in the crash of Flight 17. U.S. intelligence agencies say the plane was struck by a ground-to-air missile while flying near the border of Ukraine and Russia.

There were 154 Dutch citizens, 27 Australians, 43 Malaysians — including 15 crew — 12 Indonesians, six British citizens, four Germans, three Filipinos and one Canadian among the passengers, Malaysia Airlines said. At a news conference at Schiphol Airport, Huib Gorter, vice president of Malaysia Airlines Europe, said the nationality of other passengers had yet to be confirmed.

Source: I Made Sentana / blog.wsj.com

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Ketut Wiartini Bermaksud Memberi Kejutan

Dua dari 12 warga negara Indonesia yang diduga menjadi korban jatuhnya pesawat Malaysia Airlines jurusan Amsterdam–Kuala Lumpur merupakan warga Buleleng, Bali.

Ketut Wiartini, 33 tahun, asal Dusun Tukad Ampel, Desa Kubutambahan, dan Wayan Sujana, 24 tahun, asal Desa Pejarakan, Kecamatan Gerokgak, merupakan dua WNI yang tercatat menjadi penumpang di dalam penerbangan MH-17 itu.

Ketut Wiartini bekerja di Belanda di salah satu perusahaan cepat saji. Salah seorang keluarga korban, Markus, dihubungi dari Denpasar, mengaku bahwa Wiartini memberi tahu keluarga bahwa ia akan pulang ke Tanah Air.

Namun, dari penuturan beberapa temannya di Belanda, anak dari pasangan Luh Sukrini dan almarhum Ketut Ambek itu diketahui ingin memberikan kejutan kepada keluarganya sekaligus menghadiri upacara tiga bulanan kemenakannya.

Markus menuturkan bahwa beberapa waktu lalu, kakaknya berencana mendirikan sebuah yayasan sosial bagi anak-anak di kampung halamannya. “Ia berencana ingin membuat yayasan sosial, tetapi semua sudah berakhir,” ucapnya, Jumat (18/7).

Kini, pihak keluarga, di tengah perasaan sedih, menunggu kabar lanjutan dari Kementerian Luar Negeri terkait upaya membantu keluarganya dalam proses identifikasi.

Korban lainnya, Wayan, rencananya akan diwisuda tahun ini. Mahasiswa Diploma III jurusan perhotelan di Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha (Undiksha) Singaraja itu sebelumnya berangkat ke Eropa pada 15 Juni 2014. Anak dari Wayan Sukri dan Ketut Ginastra itu, sebelum ke Amsterdam, terlebih dahulu ke Belgia dan Prancis dengan didampingi salah seorang rekannya.

Pria yang diharapkan menjadi tulang punggung keluarga itu dijadwalkan pulang ke Tanah Air untuk segera menuntaskan penyusunan skripsi. “Percakapan terakhir kemarin sore sekitar jam 17.00 Wita,” ujar adik Wayan Sujana, Kadek Sukerti, di Denpasar.

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Pesan Koper

Korban lainnya, Gerda Leliana Lahenda, 80 tahun, dikenal kerap bepergian ke luar negeri setiap tahunnya. “Saya tahunya ibu jarang ada. Di sini (Bogor) kadang-kadang saja karena setiap tahun ibu (Gerda) suka pergi ke luar negeri, biasanya ke Holland, tempat saudaranya,” kata Amaludin, 28 tahun, asisten rumah tangga Deby Lahenda (anak korban), saat ditemui di Perumahan Kota Wisata Cluster Virginia, Blik L 1/18 RT 01/RW 017, Desa Ciangsana, Kecamatan Gunung Putri, Kabupaten Bogor, Jawa Barat, Jumat.

Menurut Amal, Gerda sudah pensiun dari pekerjaannya. Ia memiliki keluarga yang tinggal di Belanda, yakni adik kandungnya. Kalau berada di Indonesia, Gerda biasa menetap di rumah anak-anaknya, Deby dan Andi Lahenda.

Deby tinggal di Perumahan Kota Wisata, sedangkan Andi Lahenda di kawasan Kartika Pinang, Pondok Indah, Jakarta Selatan. “Di sini (Kota Wisata), ibu tinggal bersama ibu Deby dan tiga cucunya,” kata Amal.

Amal mengaku mengenal ibu Gerda sebagai wanita yang baik dan ramah. “Sama saya baik sekali. Walau saya bukan apa-apa di keluarga ini, tetapi ibu selalu menyapa dan menegur saya,” katanya.

Setelah peristiwa kecelakaan pesawat MH17 di Ukraina, lokasi rumah Deby terlihat sepi. Menurut Amal, Deby dan keluarganya berkumpul di rumah adiknya, Andi Lahenda, di Pondok Indah. “Begitu dapat kabar tadi malam, ibu langsung berangkat ke Pondok Indah. Di sini tidak ada siapa-siapa, semua keluarga kumpul di sana,” ujar Amal.

Amal juga sempat memperlihatkan foto kenangan almarhum Gerda yang masih terlihat bugar meski telah merayakan ulang tahun ke-80 beberapa bulan yang lalu.

Sementara itu, menurut Deby Lahenda, ibunya pergi ke Amsterdam untuk berlibur ke rumah adiknya yang tinggal di sana. Kunjungannya ke Belanda dalam rangka liburan selama tiga bulan.

“Rencananya ibu mau pulang ke Indonesia. Sebelum berangkat, sempat hubungi minta dijemput jam 10. Saya diminta siapin koper kecil karena mau nginep di rumah adik saya di Pondok Indah,” ujar Deby.

Gerda berangkat dari Amsterdam menuju Kuala Lumpur bersama temannya. Namun, nahas, pesawat yang ia tumpangi mengalami kecelakaan saat melintasi Ukraina. Pesawat MAS MH17 rute Amsterdam–Kuala Lumpur yang membawa 298 penumpang jatuh akibat ditembak dengan rudal di wilayah udara Ukraina.

Sumber: Antara News

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Dua Adik Supartini Selamat dari Insiden Jatuhnya MH17

Dua adik Supartini selamat dari maut setelah memutuskan membatalkan naik pesawat Malaysia Airline yang dinaiki oleh kakaknya tersebut.

Purwanto, sepupu korban, mengutarakan bila kedua adik Supartini, Murtini dan Paryanti, memutuskan menggunakan maskapai lainnya. Hanya korban, Supartini yang tetap bersikukuh terbang dari Belanda menggunakan maskapai milik Malaysia tersebut.

“Tadinya ketiganya hendak pulang bersama, tapi jam keberangkatannya tak bisa sama. Akhirnya, agar tiba di Indonesia bisa bersamaan, mereka pun membeli tiket pesawat yang berbeda,” kata Purwanto saat ditemui Okezone di rumah duka, Sidorejo RT 11 RW 2, desa Munggur, kecamatan Mojogedang, Karanganyar, Jawa Tengah, Jumat (18/7/2014).

Murtini terbang dari Belanda menggunakan Singapura Airline, sedangkan adik yang satunya Paryanti yang menggunakan Emirates Airlines, dan masih dalam perjalanan menuju Indonesia.

Sebelum merantau menjadi TKW di Belanda, korban merantau menjadi TKW mulai dari Malaysia, Hongkong, Singapura bahkan Timur Tengah. Terakhir kali di Kota Den Haag, Belanda.

Sebelum akhirnya kedua adik korban mengikuti jejak Supartini menjadi TKW di Belanda, korban merupakan tulang punggung keluarganya. Tiga bersaudara itu berencana merayakan lebaran dan membahagiakan kedua orangtuanya Harto Wiyono dan ibunya Sriyatun saat lebaran nanti sirna.

“Tadinya mereka bertiga sudah merencanakan lebaran sambil membahagiakan kedua orangtuanya sirna, setelah kami mendapat kepastian dari KBRI pukul 10.00 WIB bila salah satu korban MAS MH17 itu benar Supartini,” pungkasnya.

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Keluarga Ikhlaskan Kepergian Gerda Leliana Lahenda

Para penghuni rumah di Jalan Gedung Pinang Blok PK14 nomor 24, Pondok Indah, Jakarta Selatan, pada Jumat (18/7/2014) petang bersiap menyambut kedatangan para tamu yang hendak mengucapkan duka cita. Sebuah tenda putih tengah didirikan di halaman rumah.

Rumah tersebut merupakan tempat tinggal Gerda Leliana Lahenda (perempuan, 80 th) satu dari 12 WNI yang tewas dalam jatuhnya pesawat MH17 di Ukraina pada Kamis (17/7/2014) malam.

Adik ipar Lahenda, Pito Adi Wibowo menuturkan keluarga besarnya baru mengetahui dari media dan masih syok dengan kejadian nahas tersebut. Sejauh ini, belum ada informasi lebih rinci tentang Lahenda dari maskapai Malaysia Airlines.
Meski begitu, keluarga sudah mengikhlaskan kepergian Lahenda.

“Kami sudah ikhlas. Ya memang sudah jalannya begitu, mau di apain,” tutur Tito di rumah duka.

Tito dapat memaklumi jika sejauh ini pihak maskapai Malaysia Airline belum menginformasikan lebih jauh tentang para korban.

“Kami belum tahu, keluarga masih menunggu. Kami belum menyatakan kecewa atau tidak, kejadianya baru hitungan jam, mungkin kejadianya masih diinvestigasi dan sebagainya, jadi kami maklumi,” ujarnya.

Menurut Tito, Lahenda pergi bersama rekan, Jane, selama tiga bulan ke Amsterdam, Belanda, dalam rangka mengunjungi saudara. Dan keduanya baru hendak kembali ke Jakarta melalui Malaysia pada Kamis kemarin. Namun takdir berkara lain karena pesawat yang ditumpangi keduanya ditembak jatuh saat melewati wilayah timur Ukraina.

Gerda Leliana Lahenda (80) memiliki dua anak dan enam cucu.

Sumber: Abdul Qodir / Tribun News

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Family mourns death of Hendry in MH17 crash

The family of Hendry Se, a victim of the recent Malaysian Airlines crash in Ukraine, has asked newsmen not to interview family members.

“Please, do not interview our father, as he is still mourning,” said Christine, when newsmen came to her home on Jalan Garuda here on Saturday.

Hendrys sister, age 20, said that her father, Ngsian Seng, age 49, was still weak after receiving news that Hendry was on the doomed MH17 plane.

She said that before the flight, Hendry called home, saying that he was alright.

“I am right now at the airport in Amsterdam and will soon take off for Kuala Lumpur,” she said, quoting her brother.

Not long after the phone conversation, the family heard that the airplane had crashed.

“Our father was shocked when he learned that the plane that Hendry was on board had crashed. Our father is still very sad,” Christine said.

Hendry, age 28, was one of the 12 Indonesian citizens aboard the plane that crashed in eastern Ukraine while carrying 298 people. It is believed that the plane crashed after being hit by a missile while flying over the war-zone on the Ukraine-Russia border.

Source: Munawar Mandailing, Aditia Maruli / Antara News

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Diajak Bos ke Belanda, Wayan Sujana Jadi Korban MH17

Wayan Sujana (24), pria asal Dusun Banyuwedang, Desa Pejarakan, Kecamatan Gerokgak, Buleleng, juga menjadi korban jatuhnya pesawat Malaysia Airlines MH17 di Ukraina. Sebelumnya, korban menghadiri pernikahan rekannya di Belanda.

Duka masih menyelimuti keluarga Sujana yang tergolong kurang mampu. Beberapa warga sejak kemarin terus berdatangan setelah mendapat kabar Sujana menjadi salah satu korban jatuhnya pesawat MH17. “Kakak saya pergi ke Belanda menghadiri undangan pernikahan temannya,” ucap Kadek Sukerti, adik korban, kepada wartawan, Sabtu (19/7/2014)

Dia menjelaskan, korban diajak oleh bosnya asal Belgia bernama Benoit Chardome untuk menghadiri pernikahan temannya sekaligus pelesiran ke Negeri Kincir Angin itu. Pihak keluarga pun tak memiliki firasat apa-apa.

Kepala Desa Pejarakan Made Astawa mengatakan, belum ada kabar dari pihak terkait tentang kondisi korban. Dia mengaku telah berkoordinasi dengan aparat di kecamatan serta kepolisian guna membantu mencari informasi dan kebenaran kepastian nasib warga Buleleng itu. “Kami berharap agar pemerintah membantu keluarga korban karena merupakan warga miskin,” imbuhnya.

Sumber: Rohmat / sindonews