'€œUp until now, an investigation team from the Indonesian Air Force is striving to uncover the cause of the crash. It takes time. It should not happen that we release a conclusion on the cause of the incident while in fact, that was not the case. We must avoid such a mistake and have to investigate it as carefully as possible,'€ he said as quoted by Antara news agency in Jakarta on Thursday.

Moeldoko said that shortly after the Hercules C-130 crashed, Air Force chief of staff Air Chief Marshal Agus Supriatna dispatched an investigation team to uncover the cause of the incident, especially in terms of technical aspects.

The team was also assigned to investigate whether any standard operating procedures had been violated before the aircraft took off.

'€œThe Indonesian Military headquarters has also dispatched a team to investigate the crash from non-technical aspects, such as flight procedures, mechanisms and operations. The team will see what aspects have been violated and whether or not all standard operating procedures were implemented,'€ said Moeldoko.

He said although the Hercules C-130 was old, its engines were still relatively good due to routine maintenance. The aircraft was considered safe to fly.

'€œThe Hercules was manufactured in 1960 and started to be used in 1964. It was still safe to fly, however, thanks to the perseverance of our personnel to repair and maintain the aircraft,'€ said Moeldoko. (ebf)(++++)

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