Assisted By Equipment From The Indonesian Navy And Air Force, Thedroppoint Of The Police Helicopter Is Known

Directorate of Air Police in Pondok Cabe South Tangerang/ Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra

The joint team consisting of the TNI-Polri to the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) is still looking for a crew of helicopters belonging to the National Police with the number NBO 105 P-1103 which crashed in the waters of East Belitung (East Belitung).

Kabaharkam Polri, Komjen Arief Sulistyanto said that his party had found a point where the police helicopter might fall. This was known after being assisted by equipment belonging to the Indonesian Navy and Air Force.

"From the results of the analysis using Indonesian Navy and Air Force equipment as well as the equipment we have. We have determined the posibility where the plane might have crashed, coupled with the findings of pieces of aircraft," said Arief at the Pondok Cabe Air Police Airfield, South Tangerang, Wednesday, November 30.

Furthermore, Arief revealed that the difficulty of the joint team to find a crew that fell in the waters of Bangka Belitung was due to the changing weather.

Therefore, he asked the public for prayers so that a crew member, namely Pilot Captain AKP Arief Rahman, could be found in the near future.

"Because the weather is changing very quickly. This is our obstacle. Hopefully with this we will be given the convenience to be able to find another pilot captain who has not been found," he concluded.

For information, Previously, the P-1103 helicopter crashed in the waters of the Limau Bangka Belitung Book while on its way from Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan to Tanjung Pandan, Belitung, Sunday, November 27.

There are four crews in the helicopter. Three bodies have been found, and one is still being searched.

The three bodies were found in the name of Aipda Joko Mudo, Brida Khairul Anam and First Brigadier M. Lasminto.