Good News, Airfast Helicopter Crew And Passengers Who Had Lost Contact Found Safe In Kali Razor

Map of the location of the helicopter belonging to Airfast which was reported to have lost contact in Boven Digul Regency, Papua, Thursday (30/12/2021). (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - As many as four crew and passengers of a helicopter belonging to PT Airfast who had lost contact on Thursday night, December 30, were found safe by residents in Kali Silet, Boven Digul Regency, Papua. - ODB is reported safe," said Head of Merauke SAR Supriyanto Ridwan in Jayapura, as reported by Antara, Friday, December 31.

He explained the certainty about this after the Dandim Boven Digul informed the condition of the crew and passengers. Previously, at 18:59 WIT, via satellite, the Merauke Search and Rescue Office received news of "signal distress" or a distress signal emitted by a helicopter-type aircraft from the direction of Kawe Village, Kabupaten Kawe. Boven Digoel. Airnav Boven Digoel at 19.30 WIT also reported this and based on the signal, it was identified from Airfast's helicopter with registration number PK-ODB which crashed at coordinates 04⁰.57'5'' S-140⁰.07'6' ' E or as far as 130.8 km from Boven Digoel to the north.

The last location of loss of contact on the "spidertrack" radar was at coordinates 04⁰.57'9.16'' S-140⁰.05'54.46'' E at 16.01 WIT with an altitude of 1067 ft and a speed of 43 knots. PK-ODB helicopter This crew was crewed by Captain Agung Miharja, Fauzan Huda as the "engineer on board", and two passengers whose identities were not yet known. All of the victims, said Supriyanto Ridwan, were scheduled to be evacuated on Friday, December 31 to Tanah Merah, the capital city of Boven Digoel Regency using two helicopters belonging to an Asian airline. One and the Water Demon

Boven Digoel Police Chief AKBP Samsul Rizal said the location where the Airfast helicopter crashed, namely Silet River was in the Yahukimo Regency area. passengers who were reported safe. The evacuation was carried out by deploying two helicopters belonging to Asia One and Demonim Air. "The joint SAR team has already dispatched to the location and hopes that the evacuation process will run smoothly," said AKBP Rizal, who was contacted by Antara from Jayapura, Friday morning. Communication to the crime scene (TKP) is not yet known for sure the condition of the four crew and passengers as well as the helicopter. Later, after the SAR team arrived at the scene, they would receive detailed information, said Boven Digoel Police Chief AKBP Samsul Rizal.