Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 gathered at the site of the crash on Wednesday to pay tribute to their loved ones.

Carrying flowers and candles, the family members were brought to the site by bus and private car. Some have asked to enter the cordoned-off area on the site.

Feisal Hussein, who lost his father, Swalleh, in the disaster, told CNN that visiting the site is helping provide his family with closure.

But he is hoping his father’s remains will be recovered, so that the family can arrange a burial. “What we feel as a family is that our kin, our beloved dad, deserves a befitting send-off, and we can’t do that if he’s lying somewhere in Addis,” he said.

“In the unfortunate and sad event that there are no such remains, then as a family we will just conduct burial and prayers in absentia and pray that God rests his soul in eternal peace.”