Weather Can't Be A Friends Of The Jambi Police Chief's Evacuation Process In Tariai Hill

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JAKARTA - The Jambi Basarnas deployed six helicopters to evacuate Jambi Police Chief Inspector General Rusdi Hartono and the group that had an accident in Bukit Tamiai, Kerinci Regency, Jambi. However, the evacuation process continues to be hampered by weather.

"All helicopters will be focused on evacuating, but it cannot be carried out due to weather factors at the location," said Head of the Jambi Kornelis Basarnas Office in Jambi, Tuesday, February 21, as reported by Antara.

All agencies involved have held a meeting to prepare for the evacuation process to be carried out today. There will be four helicopters being dispatched to the location, namely AW 189, Bell 429, Super Puma, and Basarnas Dauphin heading to the nearest Command Post, which will be continued using two helicopters belonging to PT Sinar Mas and BNPB to Bhayangkara Jambi Hospital.

"We pray that the weather today is friendly and that the entire crew who are still at the scene of the incident can be evacuated immediately," said Kornelis.

Previously, on the second day (Monday, 20/2), the evacuation process could not be carried out, because the weather factor at that location was not safe to host.

Evacuation of the Jambi Police Chief and his entourage is still being pursued by air or helicopter.

Meanwhile, Jambi Police Spokesperson Kombes Pol Mulia Prianto said the evacuation would continue today using six helicopters to assist the evacuation, namely from Basarnas, TNI AU, Baharkam Polri, South Sumatra Police, and Sinar Mas.

He explained that the process of evacuating the Jambi Police Chief's entourage by helicopter, so that it needed an open space of about 15 square meters with the aim of it being taken down without being disturbed.

The Jambi Police Chief and his entourage's evacuation scheme will be tied up on a stretcher, then pulled by fire into a helicopter.

After the Jambi Police Chief and his entourage were successfully evacuated, they were then taken to the Bhayangkara Jambi Hospital.

The helicopter accident that the East Java Police Chief was traveling in with his entourage was located in Bukit Tamiai, Muara Emat, Kerinci Regency, Jambi on Sunday (19/2).

The helicopter passengers were reported to be all safe, but were injured by the emergency landing in the Kerinci hilly area on Sunday at around 11.00 WIB.

Initially, the Super Bell 3001 helicopter, which was known to belong to the National Police, departed at around 09.30 WIB with the aim of inaugurating the SPKT building in Kerinci.