New Zealand Pilot Who Was Burned To Death By KKB Successfully Evacuated

JAKARTA - The body of the New Zealand pilot Glen Malcolm Conning (50) who died was burned by an armed criminal group (KKB) was successfully evacuated from the Alama airport to Timika, Central Papua, Tuesday, August 6. Currently, the body is in the morgue of the Mimika Hospital. "The body has been evacuated from the Alama district to Timika and arrived at 12.50 WIT. Currently, the body is at Mimika Hospital for a visum et repertum," said Head of the Public Relations Task Force for Damai Cartenz Operations Kombes Pol Bayu Suseno. He said three helicopters belonging to the Army Air Force Aviation (Penerbad) and the Indonesian Air Force were deployed to carry out the evacuation. It is known that the pilot who flew the helicopter belonging to PT Intan Angkasa Air Service was tortured to death by KKB shortly landing at the Alama airport, the Mimika interior area on Monday. The helicopter was rented by the Mimika District Health Office, carrying health personnel on duty at the Alama Health Center. As soon as it landed, he said, Glen was intercepted by KKB using a firearm. Glen and the passengers were unloaded from the helicopter and then collected around the location of the helicopter landed. After that, KKB immediately killed the pilot. His body was then burned along with the MD500 ER PK-IWN helicopter flown by the victim.

Bayu made sure all passengers were safe. "All passengers are safe because they are local residents in Alama district, Mimika Regency," explained Bayu.

The helicopter carrying six passengers consists of four adults and two children. They are Kolariak (adults), Hasmaya (adults), Demianus (adults), Ferni (children), Naomi (adults), and Hafidan (children).