The Kirstens believed the Civil Aviation Authority failed to fulfil its supervising duty and they hoped this week's inquest would provide some answers as well as promote changes to safety regulations.
"The staff of Skydive, especially the pilot, acted extremely negligently in many ways," Susanne said. "In the name of our daughter we ask the responsible people who are still alive to stand up to their responsibility and to tell the truth about their negligence."
The couple had received a last email from Annika in which she described the beauty of the New Zealand landscape.
Their only child was "very happy, active and adventurous" but also understanding and very empathetic.
She had taken some time out after difficult university exams to travel to New Zealand.
"We suggested her recovering in New Zealand, having the opinion that there was no reason to be worried about her, since we thought of New Zealand as a safe country to travel to," she said.
Annika enjoyed taking photos and she had ambitions to publish travel reports in geographical magazines and books.
The New Zealand Police sent the Kirstens a memory card retrieved from Annika's camera found in the burned-out wreck.
The very last picture showed Annika in a skydiving suit right before her flight into death.
New Zealanders killed in the Fox Glacier crash were pilot Chaminda Senadhira, 33, Skydive New Zealand director Rod Miller, 55, Australian-born Motueka man Adam Bennett, 47; New Plymouth man Michael Suter, 32; and Christopher McDonald, 62, from Mapua.
Miller's widow Robyn Jacobs said she would meet other victims' families today. "We are all here to find out what happened and we would like to know as much as anybody."
The other tourists who died were Irishman Patrick Byrne, 26, and Australian man Glen Bourke, 18.
