Weather And Blocked Areas Into Evacuation Constraints Super Tucano Aircraft Agency Crashes In Pasuruan

The EMB-314 Super Tucano Indonesian Air Force tactical fighter crashed in Pasuruan, East Java, Friday, November 17. (ANTARA PHOTO-Umarul Faruq)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Air Force (AU) stated that the evacuation of the bodies of two EMB-314 Super Tucano tactical fighter aircraft that crashed in Pasuruan Regency, East Java (East Java), was hampered by weather conditions.

Head of the Indonesian Air Force Information Service, First Marshal of the Indonesian Armed Forces, R. Agung Sasongkojati, said that currently several parts of the aircraft had been evacuated.

"Until now, the Indonesian Air Force has succeeded in transporting several parts of the aircraft, but not all parts are due to weather problems," he said in Malang Regency, East Java, Sunday, November 19, which was confiscated by Antara.

In addition to unfriendly weather conditions, the evacuation process also has a big challenge considering having to go through steep and hilly areas. The wreckage of the plane will be collected at Abd Air Base. Saleh Malang.

According to him, flight data recorders from the two planes in the form of Video Data Recorder (VDR) and Network Centric Data Cartridge (NCDC) needed to determine the cause of the crash of the Super Tucano plane was already at Abd Air Base. Saleh Malang.

"However, although NCDC can be read, specifically flight recorders from aircraft must be sent abroad first for reading. For that, we need time to analyze because it must be sent first," he said.

He added that the search and collection of goods at the crash site will continue to be carried out according to weather conditions. The aircraft will be cut part by part to make it easier for the evacuation process by road.

"With a helicopter, it is not an option that is possible because apart from weather factors, it is also an extreme location. It is hoped that in the next week it can be transported entirely," he said.

Two EMB-314 Super Tucano Air Force tactical fighter aircraft crashed in Pasuruan Regency, East Java, Thursday, November 16 afternoon, at approximately 12.00 WIB. The two aircraft had registration numbers TT-3111 and TT-3103 which were conducting routine training sessions.

The plane took off at 10.51 WIB and lost contact at 11.18 WIB. Two planes lost contact after maneuvering formations and penetrating the clouds. Initial estimates, the crash of the fighter was due to bad weather.

In that incident, there were four victims who died, namely the First Marshal of the TNI (posthumous) Subhan, the First Marshal of the TNI (posthumous) Widiono Hadiwijaya, the Aviation Colonel (posthumous) Sandhra Gunawan and the Aviation Lt. Col. (posthumous) Yuda A. Seta.