Mystery Causes Of The Fall Of The MAF Plane On Lake Sentani

: The process of evacuating the victims of the crash of the MAF plane (Photo: Basarnas Twitter)

JAKARTA - The Quest Kodiak 100 plane belonging to the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) airline crashed in Lake Sentani, Jayapura some time ago. As a result of the incident, the pilot of the plane, Joyce Lin was killed. However, it is not yet known what caused the plane to crash.

Head of Public Relations of the Papua Police, Kombes Ahmad Musthofa Kamal, said the joint team from the National Police, TNI and SAR, was still looking for information about the cause of the crash. But from a temporary examination, several witnesses saw an explosion on the plane before it crashed.

"From the witness' testimony, that at around 06.29 WIT, the MAF PK-MEC plane, which was flying over the lake, exploded above altitude," Kamal told VOI, Wednesday, May 13.

However, regarding the cause of the explosion, Kamal was reluctant to say much. According to him, it is still under investigation.

He continued, this incident began when Joyce Lin took off or departed from Sentani Airport with the aim of Mamid District, Tolikara Regency, Tuesday, May 12, at around 06.27 WIT.

Two minutes later, Joyce Lin reported to the tower staff about the condition of the plane. He asked to be allowed to make an emergency landing.

However, when the officer replied to the report, there was no response from Joyce Lin. Until finally, several minutes passed, the police received a report about an incident that crashed the plane.

"The flight is to carry foodstuffs and medical equipment to be distributed," said Kamal.

Then, the police coordinated with the Jayapura TNI and SAR to evacuate the victims and the wreckage of the plane. About two hours passed, Joyce Lin's body was found inside the fuselage at a depth of 13 meters. Furthermore, his body was taken to the Bhayangkara Hospital.

The head of Jayapura KPP Zainul Thahar, ST, MA confirmed the crash of the plane with the MEC PK Call sign piloted by Joice Lin, an American citizen. At 08.30 WIT the victim could be evacuated by the joint SAR Team by diving in a lake with a depth of 12 meters. pic.twitter.com/LDp2zKo9iI

- BASARNAS (@SAR_NASIONAL) May 12, 2020

New pilot

To find out the cause of the incident, all factors are a concern to be investigated, including from the pilot's side. Based on the data, Joyce Lin is still relatively new to working in Papua.

Air Base Commander (Danlanud) Silas Papare, TNI Marsma Tri Bowo Budi Santoso said, Joyce started her aviation career in Papua about six months ago or to be precise at the end of 2019.

"This pilot is relatively new in Papua, we can see in the data that November 28, 2019, just here," said Tri Bowo.

Joyce is a young Indonesian pilot (WNI) of American and Chinese descent. Her complete identity is Joyce Chaisin Lin, who lives at Jalan Antasena RT 01, RW 10, Dukuh Sidomukti Salatiga, Central Java.

Launching maf.org, Joyce Lin is not just a pilot. In his place of work, he is also noted as an information technology (IT) specialist.

During her career as a pilot in the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), Joyce often helps people living in remote locations by sending foodstuffs and so on. In addition, the planes that he flies often carry human resources (HR), such as teachers and religious leaders.

Meanwhile, as an information technology (IT) specialist, Joyce is able to manage and maintain computer networks that are used by teachers or other human resources to communicate with their supporters.

Joyce's interest in information technology began when she was only eight years old. At that time, he was very fond of everything related to computers, especially computer programming.

Later, young Joyce Lin made the decision to study computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and earned her Bachelor of Science and Masters in Engineering from MIT.