The Location Of Curam Is Full Of Trees, The SAR Team Brings A Saw Machine To Open The SAM Air Evacuation Line In Yalimo

The position of the PK-SMW plane that had an accident Friday (23/6) while heading to Poik, Yalimo Regency, Papua Mountains/ANTARA

PAPUA - The joint Search and Rescue Team (SAR) is still having difficulty reaching the location of the Gran Caravan plane belonging to Semuwa Air (SAM) which had an accident in the interior of Poik, Yalimo Regency, Papua Mountains. "It is true that the SAR team had difficulty reaching the location of the unlucky plane because apart from steep and steep locations, the trees in the area were still tight and the weather was changing quickly," said Commander of Silas Air Base Papare Air Marshal Pertama TNI M. Dadan Gunawan to ANTARA when contacted from Jayapura, Monday, June 26. From the reports received, he added, the joint SAR team continued to try to reach the location of the plane considering the terrain that had to be taken was steep and the weather often changed. On Monday, there were six additional personnel from the joint SAR team who were deployed and joined the members who had been deployed in advance. The joint SAR team, which was deployed using a rope from the helicopter, was equipped with a saw machine to cut trees. "Hopefully after the addition of personnel and equipment, the team can approach the location of the plane," said Dadan Gunawan.

The PK-SMW plane belonging to Samuwa Air, Friday (23/6) morning, had an accident on an Elelim-Poik flight carrying four passengers, namely Bartolomeus (34), Ebeth Halerohon (29), Dormina Halerohon (17), Kilimputni (20) with pilot Hari Permadi and co-pilot Levi Murib.