Search For Plane Crashes In Binuang Kaltara Continued, SAR Combs 5 Points

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The Joint SAR team is again searching for the pioneer plane PC-6 Pilatus Porter PK-SNE which crashed on the third day to Binuang Village, North Kalimantan (Kaltara), Sunday, March 10 morning.

"At 07.00 WITA the Joint SAR Team in Malinau carried out a briefing and left for the search location to carry out the search according to the operation plan," said Head of the Tarakan Syahril Basarnas in Tarakan, Kaltara, Sunday, March 10, as reported by Antara.

At 08.30 WITA the Joint SAR Team continued the search in the first five areas in 3 deg.43'14.11"N 115 deg.56'42.35"E, the second at 3 deg.43'13.10"N 115 deg.56'25.12"E, the third at 3 deg.43'37.89 "N 115 deg.56'23.78"E, the fourth at 3 deg43'40.63 "N 115 deg 56'41.63"E and the evacuation site 3 deg 43' 27.60" N 115 deg 56' 32.40" E with an altitude of 6,000 feet.

There are two victims in the search, namely Capt. M Yusuf (29) has his address at the Botanical Garden III Cluster No. 9, South Bekasi and Deni S (35) with his address at Wonoharjo Pangandaran.

The SAR elements involved are the Kansar Tarakan Rescue Team, Anang Busra Tarakan Air Base, Squadron 5 Sultan Hasanuddin, Kodam VI Mulawarman, Satrad 225 Tarakan, Atang Sendjaja Air Base and Brimob Polda Kaltara.

Then the Tarakan Police, Malinau Police, Kodim 0907 Tarakan, Kodim 0910 Malinau, Battalion 614 Raja Pandita, BPBD Malinau Regency, Airnav Tarakan and Airnav Malinau.

Next are UPBU Juwata Tarakan, UPBU RA Bessing, BMKG Tarakan, Smart Aviation, MAF Tarakan, Jusuf SK Hospital, PMI Tarakan, PMI Malinau and RMPB Malinau Regency.

The facilities used for the evacuation of the Dmax 1 rescue car, one unit truck, Boeing B-737 200 aircraft, Caracal H-225M, Heli Bell 412 and six sets of heli rapeling equipment.

Then two ambulances, one set of alkom, half rescue cuts a set and medical equipment a set.

At the location of the search for cloudy weather, the direction of the Northwest - Northeast wind with wind speeds of 2 - 15 knots and wave heights of 1.25-2.5 meters.

The Joint SAR team using the PK-SND aircraft on Saturday (9/3) has found debris from the PK-SNE plane belonging to the Smart Aviation airline and a fire like a counts in Binuang.

"It was found at coordinates 3°43'45.80" N115°56'54.45"E. It is suspected that the fire was made by the surviving victim to give a sign," he said.

The plane belonging to Smart Aviation was reported missing contact this morning after taking off from Juwata Tarakan International Airport, Friday, March 8, at 08.25 WITA to Binuang, Krayan, Nunukan at 09.25 WITA.