TNI Commander: The Crash Of The T-50i Fighter Plane In Blora Is Still Being Investigated

First Lieutenant Pnb Allan Safitra Indra Wahyudi, pilot of the T-50i Golden Eagle, while on duty at the 15th Air Squadron Iswahjudi Air Base, Magetan, East Java. (ANTARA/HO-Dispenau)

JAKARTA - TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa said the Indonesian Air Force (AU) was still investigating the crash of the T-50i Golden Eagle training fighter in Blora, Central Java.

"I have also communicated with the Chief of Staff (Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force) Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo and members of the Indonesian Air Force," said Andika at the Head of the Military Sea Crossing Command (Kolinlamil), Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 22.

Currently, he continued, the Indonesian Air Force is still investigating and temporarily suspending the operations of all T-50i Golden Eagle aircraft until the investigation is completely completed.

General Andika said that currently his party is still investigating the cause of the downing of the Indonesian Air Force plane made by Korean Aerospace Industries in collaboration with Lockheed Martin.

"So, the cause of this is probably human error, then there is also the aircraft, there is also management, and there is also the media, or weather or weather. This is what we are investigating," said the former Army Chief of Staff (Kasad). .

The TNI Commander also highlighted the differences in the maneuvers of the Indonesian Air Force's T-50i Golden Eagle aircraft that crashed in Blora, Central Java, some time ago, with the previous incident which also claimed the lives of the Indonesian Air Force's T-50i Golden Eagle crew.

In terms of maneuvering, he continued, the two incidents had different levels of difficulty. He said maneuvering the plane in the previous incident was very difficult.

"However, yesterday there was actually nothing in terms of aircraft maneuvering, it was in a turning position from outbound to inbound. From afar and then approaching back, but in night training it shouldn't be a movement that should be too worrying," he said.

The plane crash resulted in the death of the pilot of the T50i Golden Eagle Airplane Captain (Posthumously) Pnb Allan Safitra Indra Wahyudi.