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SilkAir crash anniversary: Her parents were planning to spend Christmas in Singapore

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SilkAir MI185 Memorial at Old Choa Chu Kang Road in Singapore on 14 Dec 2022.

The memorial in Choa Chua Kang for the victims of SilkAir flight MI185, which crashed in Indonesia in 1997.

ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM

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SINGAPORE – The first sign of trouble was when her parents took longer than expected to return home from Changi Airport.

Ms Maryanne Soo, who was then 19, was waiting for her parents to be back for Christmas from Jakarta, where her father, Mr Robert Soo, worked.

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