Synopsis

On December 19, 1997, SilkAir Flight 185, bound for Singapore, plunged into the Musi River in Indonesia after a sudden, steep descent from its cruising altitude. All 104 passengers and crew perished in the accident. The precise cause of the crash remained contested; a United States investigation attributed it to the captain’s deliberate act of murder-suicide. Indonesian investigators offered no definitive explanation, while a Los Angeles court concluded the disaster stemmed from a failure in a s