Hoaxes Hercules Plane Crashed In Papua, Circulating 2016 Photos

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JAKARTA - TNI AU Air Base Commander Silas Papare, TNI First Marshal Budi Achmadi, confirmed that the news that the C-130 Hercules heavy transport plane crashed was untrue, aka a hoax.

"We ensure that all (C-130) Hercules operated to Papua are already at the base," he said as quoted by Antara, Monday, November 9.

Some time ago, photos of the accident that befell the Indonesian Air Force's C-130 Hercules were circulated. The photos present an overview of the fragments of the heavy transport plane in the mountains of Papua.

The photos are photos of a military flight incident that occurred four years ago and took place in Wamena, West Papua, on 18 December 2016.

The Indonesian Air Force C-130 HS Hercules with registration number A-1334 in the circulating photo crashed on a flight from Timika to Wamena on December 18, 2016. In the incident around Mount Lisuwa just about to land at Wamena Airport, 12 people became victims.

Therefore, the Indonesian Air Force confirmed that the news circulating recently about the C-130 Hercules crashing in Papua was fake news, aka hoaxes, because the three units of the Indonesian Air Force C-130 Hercules currently operating there were already at the base.

"In that incident (on 18 December 2020), 12 people became victims," said Achmadi, who has a combat pilot background in the Indonesian Air Force's 14th Air Squadron with the nickname Panther.