JAKARTA - Basarnas stated that eight passengers including the pilot of the Airbus H130 PK-CFX helicopter that crashed in the Sekadau Regency forest area, West Kalimantan (Kalbar) were evacuated in a dead condition.
"All died. The crew was two people and six passengers, so a total of eight people on board (POB)," said Basarnas Readiness Director Noer Isrodin, confirmed in Jakara, Friday, quoted by Antara.
He ensured that the eight bodies were evacuated by the joint SAR team to Bhayangkara Hospital, Pontianak, for identification.
"Yes, it has been successfully evacuated and currently identification has been carried out at Bhayangkara Hospital Pontianak," he added.
The Airbus H130 type H-130T2 helicopter was carrying eight people, consisting of Capt. Marindra W (Pilot), Harun Arasyd (Co-pilot), and six passengers, namely Patrick, Victor, Charles, Joko, Fauzie, and Sugito.
Based on the chronology data, the helicopter took off from the PT CMA helipad in Nanga Keruap Village, Melawi Regency, Thursday (16/4) at 07.34 WIB.
The helicopter then reportedly lost contact at 08.39 WIB, on a flight to the PT GAN helipad in Teluk Bakung Village, Sungai Ambawang, Kubu Raya Regency. At 15.25 WIB, debris was found with the tail of the PK-CFX helicopter in the forest area of Sekadau Regency, West Kalimantan.
The Pontianak SAR Office reported that the joint SAR team successfully carried out the process of evacuating the victims of the helicopter accident in a gradual and cautious manner in the Sanggau Regency area, West Kalimantan.
The evacuation process began with the removal of the victims from the helicopter debris which was successfully completed on Thursday (16/4) at 22.00 WIB.
Furthermore, the team carried out the lowering of the victim from the peak of the hill to the joint SAR Field Post which was completed, Friday at 05.00 WIB.
After arriving at the post, the victim was then transferred to an ambulance at 05.52 WIB. A total of 8 ambulances were deployed for the next evacuation process, which moved to Yonif 642/Kapuas Sanggau at 06.05 WIB.
An ambulance was prepared in Sekadau to bring the body to Sanggau, which was then evacuated by helicopter to Pontianak.
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