Emergency Landing Training Aircraft At Cemara Sewu Beach Cilacap

CILACAP - Head of the Cilacap Search and Rescue Office (KPP/Basarnas) M Abdullah said a PK-PBC training aircraft made an emergency landing at Cemara Sewu Beach, Bunton Village, Cilacap Regency, Central Java.

"This is known based on Signal Distress or a distress signal detected from Cospas Sarsat on Monday, 09.32 WIB," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, November 11.

His party dispatched a team of Cilacap Basarnas to the location of the incident at Cemara Sewu Beach, Bunton Village, Adipala District, Cilacap, to check the condition of the plane and its flight crew.

According to him, the training aircraft departed from Tunggul Wulung Airport in Cilacap, manned by two students of the Perkasa Flight School flight school on behalf of Rashid (23) and Yousuf (22), a Libia national.

"Alhamdulillah, the two flight school students are in safe condition," Abdullah said.

Meanwhile, Head of Tunggul Airport WulungCilacap, Suroso said airport technicians were currently checking the plane.

"We are also waiting for the NTSC (National Transportation Safety Committee) to investigate the cause and move the plane back to Tunggul Wulung Airport," he said.

According to the information gathered, the PK-PBC training aircraft, owned by Perkasa Flight School, manned by Rashid and Yousuf (22), passes over Cemara Sewu Beach from the east or Nusawungu to the west or Cilacap.

One of the fishermen from Bunton Village, Salimin (30) admitted that he saw the plane turning and landing an emergency on the coast of Cemara Sewu Beach.

A number of residents immediately approached the plane that made the emergency landing to help remove two crew members from the cabin and provide them with first aid.