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All 18 bodies recovered from wreckage of air force' plane
The Associated Press , Jakarta | Sat, 06/28/2008 8:59 PM | Headlines
Rescuers recovered all 18 bodies Saturday from the wreckage of an Indonesian military plane that crashed into a jungle-clad mountain, an Air Force official said.
Air Force chief spokesman Air Commodore Chaeruddin Ray said none of the victims had been identified.
Among the passengers were a Singaporean, an Indian and a Briton working for the Singapore-based company Credent Technology. They were testing new camera equipment on the NC-212- 200 plane when it went down Thursday during an aerial surveillance training mission.
The wreckage was spotted Friday on the rugged, steep slopes of Salak Mountain, 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the capital, Jakarta, but search and rescue teams were not able to reach the site until early Saturday.
Chaerudin said the bodies could not be immediately brought down from the crash site because of bad weather and rough terrain.
Television news showed military rescuers collecting the remains and loading them into body bags.
Indonesia has seen a spate of airline accidents in recent years. It was the second incident involving a NC-212 plane in 2008, after a flight operated by the private Dirgantara Air Service crashed in January with three people on board. (****)
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Made Pastika Bali (not verified) — Sun, 06/29/2008 - 12:50pm
Of course, the fact these foreign civilians were testing terrain imaging equipment for the TNI, not the civilian Indonesian Government, which means "military use", which means human rights abuse (plus a nice dose of corruption) goes unreported. The TNI has no logistical need in the conventional military sense to accurately map areas of its own country. So perhaps a case of "Play with the devil, end up with the devil." I wonder if the three civilians had any care for the every day people of Indonesia their equipment might help afflict and therefore whether, therefore, they deserve sympathy in death now.
Procrastinator — Mon, 06/30/2008 - 10:22pm
This Mark Austin fella is either a joker or sore loser. Every military needs good maps. To defend its country from Nekolim agent like him or to provide humanitarian assitance in the case of natural diasters --> valid logistical need.
To say that the TNI does not need accurate maps is simply stupid.
Ah, that's why a British princely pilot landed his helicopter at the backyard of his girlfriend's house.... He took the wrong map! This Nekolim agent perhaps rely on druids to guide him when he's going to some strange lands.
Hmm, I wonder if there is any Druid Regiment at Her Majesty's service.
Corruption? Sure, it was the British Aerospace providing kickbacks to secure the sales of its Hawks aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force. More recently, former PM Blair had to drop a graft probe after a very important buyer threatened to cancel all procurement had the probe went ahead... What probe? Kickbacks.
Let's unite and get rid of Nekolim agents out of our country!
Merdeka!
procrastinator