Bad Weather Is An Obstacle, The Investigation Team For The Fall Of Super Tucano Pasuruan Only Transports Several Devices

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JAKARTA - The investigation team for the crash of two EMB-314 Super Tucano fighter aircraft from the Indonesian Air Force prioritized several aircraft equipment to be transported from the scene. For example, aircraft canons, engine thrust, counter seats, and propellers. Head of the Indonesian Air Force Information Service (Kadispenau) First Marshal of the Indonesian Armed Forces R. Agung Sasongkojati explained that the bodies of the two aircraft could not be transported entirely at one time. Bad weather and falling locations that are quite extreme are obstacles for officers so that only a few items are prioritized. "Aircrafts will be cut into pieces so that they can be transported easily by road," Agung said as quoted by Antara, Tuesday, November 21. The investigation team managed to secure two devices that functioned to record aircraft technical data, as well as the situation in the cockpit and around the plane while flying at altitude. The two devices are voice and data recorder (DAVR) and network-centric data cartridge (NCDC). The DAVR is a device that stores video recordings, sounds, aircraft performance data, and aircraft engine performance, while the NCDC is a device that stores voice recording data, video, and flight navigation display. However, the data stored in the DAVR cannot be read directly by the investigative team from the Air Force's Feasibility and Safety Center (Puslaiklambangjaau), because no device reads it. As a result, the device was sent to an overseas aircraft factory so that the investigation team could borrow its readers' tools and access the aircraft data recorded on the device. The Indonesian Air Force's EMB-314 Super Tucano fighter, which is currently strengthening the 21 Air Base Squadron Abdulrachman Saleh Malang, was built by the Brazilian Embraer. The aircraft is included in the COIN-capable advanced training aircraft (counter-insurgency) or guerrilla anti-war aircraft. Two EMB-314 Super Tucano Indonesian Air Force tactical fighter aircraft crashed on the slopes of Mount Bromo, Mount Bromo National Park area, Tengger, Semeru, in Pasuruan Regency, East Java, Thursday (16/11), while they were undergoing a formation training professional session with two other Super Tucano fighter aircraft.

The crash locations of the two Indonesian Air Force fighter aircraft are in the Gunung Bromo National Park area, Tengger, Semeru, whose terrain is steep and hilly. The investigation team from the Indonesian Air Force's Feasibility and Safety Center (Puslaiklambangjaau) together with the Engineering Squadron (Skatek) Abdulrachman Saleh Air Base arrived on Friday (17/11). The incident of the crash of the two planes, each with registration numbers TT-3111 and TT-3103, resulted in the death of four crew members. The soldiers who died were the First Marshal of the TNI (posthumous) Subhan, First Marshal of the TNI (posthumous) Widiono Hadiwijaya, Aviation Colonel (posthumous) Sandhra Gunawan, and Lieutenant Colonel Pnb (posthumous) Yuda A. Seta.