Jakarta, Jan. 25 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has pledged to fulfill the financial entitlements owed to the families of its three employees who were killed in the ATR 42-500 plane crash in South Sulawesi.

Speaking in Jakarta on Sunday, Deputy Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Didit Herdiawan assured grieving families that they will receive benefits from the KKP and other institutions, including PT Taspen, the state-owned enterprise responsible for managing government employees' old-age savings and pension funds.

The ATR 42-500 aircraft, registered as PK-THT, crashed into the Bulusaraung Mountains in Pangkajene Islands District while en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar on January 17. All 10 people...