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Pairs of small red children’s shoes, women’s high heels, wallets and empty backpacks line up in rows on the ground of Tanjung Priok port in North Jakarta.
For many families, these personal belongings – which have been fished from the sea – are heartbreaking evidence, confirming the fate of those who died on Indonesian Lion Air flight 610 that crashed on Monday.
On Wednesday, authorities started bringing relatives to the dockside to identify victims’ personal belongings, which lay piled up next to cushions and other debris that appeared to be from the aircraft.
Fished out of the sea were wallets and other personal effects, including a child’s Hello Kitty purse.
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Shoes are lined up on the ground of Tanjung Priok port.
Epi Syamsul Qomar, whose 24-year-old son was on the flight, broke down in tears when he recognized his son’s shoe.
“I saw my son’s black sneaker,” he told CNN. “I also saw his bank checkbook.”
Qomar said he believes the body of his son, Muhammad Ravi Andriyan, is still inside the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.
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Epi Syamsul Qomar arrives at the port to see if any of the personal effects retried from the sea belong to his 24-year-old son.
Abdul Rahman, 49, whose son Ryan Aryandi was also onboard, said the 24-year-old was on his way to watch a soccer match.
Rahman told CNN that he had found his son’s shoes, as well as a black bag that was now empty. He added he will be relieved to find any part of his son’s body.
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A wallet belonging to a victim of the Lion Air passenger jet that crashed is seen in the waters of Ujung Karawang, West Java, Indonesia on Monday.
Qomar said he was hopeful about finding his son’s remains. “I still believe that we will find his body,” he said.
The flight, which was carrying 189 people, including three children, crashed 13 minutes after takeoff. It was supposed to be a one-hour flight to Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka.
Indonesian investigators are still searching for the flight recorders that they hope will answer questions about why the new aircraft went down.
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A relative of one of the crash victims tosses flower petals from an Indonesian Navy ship on Tuesday, November 6.
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Victims' families and colleagues react on a Navy ship as they're ferried to the crash site on November 6.
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An Indonesian official examines a turbine engine from the plane on Sunday, November 4.
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People in Jakarta grieve over the coffin of a relative on November 4.
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Indonesian Navy divers recover a flight data recorder on Thursday, November 1.
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Families of the victims look through personal items that were recovered from the wreckage.
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A police officer arranges shoes recovered during search operations.
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A Navy ship arrives at a search area in the waters of Karawang.
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A relative of a passenger cries at a Jakarta hospital on Tuesday, October 30. Family members have been providing authorities with DNA samples to help identify victims of the crash.
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Officials transport a body bag in Jakarta.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo inspects debris.
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Victims' relatives embrace at a police hospital in Jakarta.
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Soldiers drag ashore an inflatable raft containing debris from the plane.
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A wallet is seen in the water where the plane went down.
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A relative of a passenger cries at a hospital in Jakarta.
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President Widodo (front row, second from right) tours the operations center in Jakarta where debris is laid out.
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Police work to identify personal belongings that are believed to be from the plane's wreckage.