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Authorities recover black box, ends Smart Aviation SAR mission
The SAR operation for the Smart Aviation plane that crashed in North Kalimantan last Friday concluded on Monday, after rescue personnel successfully recovered the aircraft's black box and emergency location transmitter (ELT).
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A Pilatus PC-6 Porter aircraft lands on an unpaved runway on June 23, 2017 in southern Africa. Authorities ended on March 11, 2024 the search and rescue operation for a Pilatus PC-6 operated by Smart Aviation that crashed on March 8 in Nunukan regency, North Kalimantan, after successfully recovering the plane’s black box. (Courtesy of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd./-)
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he four-day joint search and rescue (SAR) operation for survivors of the Smart Aviation plane crash ended on Monday after rescue workers successfully recovered the aircraft’s black box.
A Pilatus PC-6 Porter operated by Egyptian airline Smart Aviation crashed last Friday while flying a North Kalimantan route from Juwata International Airport in Tarakan to Krayan district in Nunukan regency.
The single turboprop aircraft, tail number PK-SNE, was carrying 583 kilograms of basic food commodities and reportedly lost contact at around 8:25 a.m. local time.
Authorities immediately mounted an SAR operation involving personnel from the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), the National Police and the Indonesian Military (TNI).
On Saturday afternoon, the rescue team located the approximate crash site after discovering plane debris and a smoke signal made by the pilot, Muhammad Yusuf Yusandika Kantohe, who had survived the crash.
Onboard engineer Deni Sobali was killed in the accident.
Yusuf was rescued and Deni’s body was recovered, and both were flown on Sunday to Tarakan on the Indonesian Air Force’s Airbus Helicopters H225M, tail number H-2207.
