The joint SAR team from the air element deployed five helicopter units on the third day of the search for BK117 D3 helicopters that lost contact around the Mandin Damar Waterfall, Mentewe, Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan.
Head of the Banjarmasin SAR Office, I Putu Sudayana, said that previously there were two helicopters available, and the third day the search was added by three units, bringing a total of five units to maximize the search for air routes.
The five helicopters were each one helicopter from the Directorate of Polairud at the National Police Headquarters, a Puma helicopter unit from the Indonesian Air Force, a helicopter unit from BNPB RI, and two helicopter units belonging to Estindo Air.
Estindo's helicopter carried out an operation this morning at 06:50-08:50 WITA, but the results were still nil, Putu said in Banjarbaru, Antara, Wednesday, September 3.
Then the next search was carried out using a helicopter belonging to the Polairud Directorate of Police Headquarters. However, when they were about to search the location, they were withdrawn due to bad weather accompanied by rain.
"We are still waiting for confirmation of the weather forecast from the BMKG, this is for the safety of the SAR Team in the search operation," said Putu.
According to the standard operating procedures for searching, the SAR Team set an emergency response status for seven days starting from missing information on Monday (1/9).
The Estindo Air BK117 D3 type helicopter lost contact while flying around Mentewe, Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan Province on Monday (1/9) at around 08:54 WITA.
The helicopter carried eight people, consisting of a pilot, an engineer, and six passengers, namely Capt. Haryanto, Eng Hendra, Mark Werren, Yudi Febrian, Andys Rissa Pasulu, Santha Kumar, Claudine Quito, and Iboy Irfan Rosa.
The helicopter with a flight route from Kotabaru, South Kalimantan to Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, was previously reported by the Banjarmasin SAR Office, which is estimated to have fallen around the Mandin Damar Waterfall, Mentewe District, Tanah Bumbu Regency.
The helicopter took off from Syamsir Alam Airport, Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan, on Monday (1/9) at around 08:46 WITA with an estimated arrival at Palangka Raya Airport at 10:15 WITA.
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However, the last contact was recorded at 08:54 WITA, before the plane could no longer be contacted by AirNav from Kotabaru, Banjarmasin, Balikpapan and Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan, and then reports of lost contacts received at 12:02 WITA.
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