Flight 3407 families journey on for flight safety There s still one unfinished piece of business
Eileen Buckley
and last updated 2021-02-12 17:53:33-05
âItâs 12 years since the crash and there s still one unfinished piece of business,â declared Karen Eckert.
Eckert of Amherst lost her sister Beverly when Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed.
Karen Eckert & brother honor their sister Beverly who was among 51 people killed in the crash of #Flight3407 12 years ago in Clarence. This crypt @ForestLawnCem is in their honor. Our story tonight at 5 & 6 @WKBW. pic.twitter.com/t01e76JWeT eileen buckley (@eileenwkbw) February 12, 2021
Eckert and her brother visited a crypt at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo Friday morning were some of the remains of the victims are buried.
The Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 disaster serves as a warning for aviation safety regulators, not only in Indonesia but worldwide.
Four minutes after taking off from Jakarta in heavy rain on January 9, the Boeing 737-500 nosedived into the ocean, killing all 62 passengers and crew. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.
The tragedy has naturally raised questions about Indonesia’s air safety standards. Over the past decade the nation has done much to improve them. But more still remains to be done. As commercial aviation recovers from its COVID stall, regulators will need to focus on aviation safety to ensure the progress is not reversed.