Recovery teams are still searching the waters of West Java to find remains of the victims of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT-610. Investigations are looking into why the faulty aircraft was allowed to fly on Monday, even after engineers stated it had technical issues. CGTN's Silkina Ahluwalia has more from Jakarta.

The wait is agonizing for the families of the passengers and crew that were on board Lion Air JT610. 

On 29th of October 2018, the flight took off from Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta airport en route to Pangkal Pinang in Sumatra before it completely lost contact with ground authorities thirteen minutes later.

Authorities revealed immediately the plane had crashed in the waters of Karawang in West Java.

The search and rescue team has been working around the clock to find any signs of survivors and more bodies of the 189 passengers on board.

SAMINI SA'I RELATIVE OF VICTIM "Although they say the chances of finding survivors are impossible now, I still want to be positive. You don't know what God has planned for us. My hope is my family on board is found safe, even though it may seem hard to believe."

Thirty-four search and rescue boats along with three hundred people are focused on searching two areas off the waters of West Java. They are using equipments such as sonars, underwater operated vehicles and ping locators in hopes of finding the flight's black box.

SILKINA AHLUWALIA JAKARTA, INDONESIA "This isn't the first time that an incident like this has happened to a Lion Air flight. Now, authorities are forced to look into the company's history. This particular aircraft had troubles just one day before it took off. Even though Lion Air engineers reported the issues, it was still clear to fly. The question is, why? That's what authorities will be looking into as part of their investigations."

Indonesia, in general, does not have an impressive aviation record. In the past few years, the country's low-cost airlines experienced several minor collisions.

HONI SURYO WIBOWO, AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATOR NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE "It will take at least one year to complete the investigation in terms of evaluation, clarification and verification. But within this month, we will begin writing preliminary reports by gathering all of the necessary data. After that, we start looking at the pilot's history, the debris found and technical difficulties that led to the crash."

Indonesia's air travel industry is continuously booming. Accessibility is becoming more important than ever.

Now, authorities are thoroughly investigating documents of Lion Air JT610 where logs had shown that one instrument was considered unreliable. Silkina Ahluwalia, CGTN, Jakarta.