“I’m lucky it didn’t hit me,” he recalled Monday, sitting at his home on Lancang Island and still visibly shaken by what he saw. The plane crashed into the Java Sea, about 300 feet from where Hendrik was fishing. Nova Wahyudi/Antara Foto via REUTERS“I never thought a plane crash could happen here,” he said. Sahapi, 52, a fisherman on Lancang Island since 1987, said he heard what sounded like a huge explosion. The Sriwijaya plane, a Boeing 737-500, was deemed safe to fly before takeoff, and the airline had never suffered a crash that resulted in fatalities on board.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2021 18:56 UTC