Indonesian woman wears wedding dress alone after her fiancé's death in a plane crash with Lion

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – An Indonesian woman, whose fiance died during a Lion Air flight diving to the sea, was photographed in her wedding dress and entrusted her with love on their wedding day.

Intan Syari's fiancé, Dr. Rio Nanda Pratama, was one of 189 people who were killed when the Boeing 737 crashed on October 29, shortly after taking off from Jakarta.

Syari and Pratama, both 26, had planned to get married on Sunday. Pratama, who had attended a seminar in Jakarta, was returning home to Pangkal Pinang for the wedding.

Syari said that Pratama had joked before leaving that he was late, so Syari should take pictures in her wedding dress and send them to her.

"We were just joking around that time," Syari told the Associated Press on Wednesday. "He asked me to still wear the wedding dress that he chose for me on our wedding day, to wear makeup and hold a bouquet of white rose, to take good pictures and to send them to him. "

She said that Pratama was her "first love" and they started dating together 13 years ago.

On Sunday, she went from the front and took pictures in the white wedding dress with a white satin head veil and a bouquet of white roses in hand, surrounded by relatives and friends .

"Although I feel a grief that I can not describe, I have to smile for you," wrote Syari on Instagram. "I should not be sad, I have to stay strong as you always tell me, I love you, Rio Nanda Pratama."

Investigators said the sensors that were preventing planes from taking off had been replaced on the Lion Air plane the day before its fatal flight, which could have compounded other problems.

Parts of the body are still recovering and researchers continue to search for a cockpit voice recorder.

Lion Air is one of the youngest airlines in Indonesia, but has grown rapidly, serving dozens of domestic and international destinations.