A time to wait not speculate<\/p>\n
I am an American guest in Indonesia and an aircrew member with
\nmany hours in command of heavy jet aircrafts.<\/p>\n
I was also here in 1979 when an F-28 ran into a mountain in
\nBrastagi, and actively participated in the search and rescue
\neffort at that time.<\/p>\n
I write to urge all parties involved in this tragedy to follow
\nthe example set by the Minister of Transportation Haryanto
\nDhanutirto and wait for the accident report.<\/p>\n
Like any other modern country, Indonesia has experts trained
\nin such investigations. Allow them to do their jobs. They will be
\nthorough and they will get to the bottom of the issue.<\/p>\n
However long it takes -- three months, six months, a year -
\neventually we will get an accident report that will be the
\nproduct of an exacting investigation made by careful minds.<\/p>\n
May we all read it at that time and may their findings be the
\ncause for changes that avoid yet a third CFIT (controlled flight
\ninto terrain) accident in Medan.<\/p>\n
Most of all, let us not allow this to be turned into a
\nwestern-style media carnival with speculation about this, and
\nrumors about that, especially when the honor and reputation of
\nthe aircraft commander is at stake and he is not here to defend
\nhimself.<\/p>\n
Capt. D.H. TOWNSHEND II<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/a-time-to-wait-not-speculate-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }