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Missing plane found the fastest: Air Force
The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) has claimed that Tuesdayâs discovery of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in Karimata Straits off Kalimantan is the fastest-ever finding of a missing aircraft in the country
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he Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) has claimed that Tuesday's discovery of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in Karimata Straits off Kalimantan is the fastest-ever finding of a missing aircraft in the country.
TNI AU chief spokesman Commodore Hadi Tjahjadi said the discovery was faster than in three previous air accidents that occurred in Indonesia: a Silk Air flight in South Sumatra in 1997; an Adam Air flight in Majene, West Sulawesi, in 2006; and a Sukhoi SuperJet in Mt. Salak in West Java in 2012.
'We consider this to be the shortest amount of time to locate the aircraft in comparison with those three incidents; this time, it took less than three days,' Hadi said at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base.
He added that searching for missing aircraft in the open sea was much more difficult than searching on land because of the far-wider search area involved.
'The missing Silk Air plane and Sukhoi SuperJet crashed on land but the search process took more than three days,' Hadi said.
'In the case of Adam Air, it crashed at sea and the search process took months.'
The Airbus A320Â200 was declared missing on Sunday morning at about 7:55 a.m. Air Force aircraft identified debris and bodies on Tuesday afternoon. (nvn)(+++)
