JAKARTA - Two Super Tucano planes were destroyed and burned after falling on the slopes of Mount Bromo, Pasuruan, East Java. In addition to evacuating victims, the team was also deployed to look for black boxes, aka data recorder.
"The condition of the plane was completely damaged and burned. We are currently trying to retrieve aircraft recorder data that stores voice recordings, images, plane cameras, height fractures, speed and position, location, and everything needed regarding engine conditions," said the Head of the Indonesian Air Force Information Service (Kadispenau) First Air Marshal R. Agung Sasongkojati at a press conference, Thursday, November 16.
The data recorder search process was carried out by a different team from the pilot evacuation team who became victims. This recorder data is on the fuselage.
"It's being searched (data recorder). Now evacuating victims, evacuating the team's aircraft is different," he continued
Two EMB-314 Super Tucano tactical fighter aircraft crashed in Pasuruan, East Java, while practicing routine formations. The weather was said to be bad when one plane separated in formation training from Abd Malang Air Base.
In the training session, the two planes were flown by a total of four middle officers of the Indonesian Air Force, namely Lt. Col. Pnb Sandhra 'Chevron' Gunawan ( Air Squadron 21 Commander), Colonel Pnb Subhan ( Air Danwing 2 Abdulrachman Saleh Air Base), Colonel Adm Widiono Hadiwijaya (Head of Air Base Personnel Abdulrachman Saleh), and Major Pnb Yuda A. Seta.
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"The planes are all good good, the crew is also good, there are no problems," said Kadispenau.
In this accident, two pilots on a Super Tucano plane that crashed in Pasuruan, East Java, died.
Two bodies were found, the late Major Yuda Seta and the Subhan Aviation Colonel. Furthermore, Colonel Widiono's other plane has been found, but for the Sandhra Aviation Lt. Col. (Sandhra Gunawan) it has not been found, so it is still being searched," said Kadispenau.
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