Denying The East Java Police Chief's Helicopter Landing Emergency, Head Of Public Relations: Only Alternative Landing

The Head of Public Relations of the East Java Police (Jatim) Kombes Pol. Dirmanto stated that the helicopter carrying the East Java Police Chief Inspector General Toni Harmanto and his entourage did not make an emergency landing in Tulungagung. However, only doing alternative landing.

"The helicopter carrying the East Java Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Toni Harmanto only made alternative landings in the field of Rejotangan District, Tulungagung, due to weather conditions after a working visit to the Pacitan Police on Wednesday (February 22)," said Dirmanto in Surabaya, East Java, Thursday, February 23, confiscated by Antara.

The helicopter pilot who brought the East Java Police Chief and his entourage made an alternative landing for safety due to weather conditions that were allegedly not possible to continue the flight.

Dirmanto explained that in flight it was called an alternative landing, but for helicopters it could be any field or the term any open area (AOA).

"If the emergency landing is caused by engine failure or trouble on the plane, then there is no problem with the engine, it's just because of weather conditions," said Dirmanto.

Furthermore, Dirmanto said that if bad weather occurs, the pilot will take action to return to the home base or landing in the nearest open field, not an emergency landing.

"So if the weather is bad then the pilot will take action to return to the nearest home base or landing on the open field," said Dirmanto.

From this incident, all passengers in the helicopter, including the East Java Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Toni Harmanto is safe, because the helicopter landed perfectly.