Prosecutors seek four-year jail term for pilot over deaths
The Jakarta Post, Sleman | Mon, 02/23/2009 3:13 PM
Pilot on trial: Capt. Marwoto Komar, the pilot of a jetliner that crashed in 2007, killing 21 people on board including five Australians, sits on the defendant's chair during his trial at a district court in Yogyakarta on Monday. State prosecutors are seeking four years in prison for Komar for negligence. AP/Slamet Riyadi
Sleman Distict Court Prosecutors have called for Garuda pilot Muhammad Marwoto bin Kumar to be sentenced four years in jail for his negligence in crashing an airplane, killing 21 passengers, in 2007.
During Monday's court session prosecutor Modim Aristo said that the defendant had violated article 479 G, points A and B, of the Criminal Code.
“Based on all testimonies and evidence, we have asked for the judges to declare him guilty as his ignorance caused the accident which claimed 21 lives,” he told kompas.com.
The plane crash landed at Yogyakarta’s Adisutjipto airport on March 7, 2007. The accident claimed the lives of 21 people, including five Australians. (ewd)
