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        "id": 1838083,
        "msgid": "ama-director-body-of-us-pilot-to-be-evacuated-to-jayapura-1783050770",
        "date": "2026-07-03 10:26:32",
        "title": "AMA Director: Body of US Pilot to Be Evacuated to Jayapura",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The body of Nicholas F. Goselin, an American pilot killed in a suspected attack by an armed criminal group in Papua Pegunungan, is being evacuated to Jayapura. PT AMA, which has operated in Papua for 67 years, expressed deep regret over the violence, noting this is the first time its crew has been targeted. The remains were transported from Balinggama to Timika by Indonesian military personnel and will be flown to Sentani for a memorial.",
        "content": "<p>The director of PT Associated Mission Aviation (AMA), Bob Kayadu, has\nconfirmed that the body of Nicholas F. Goselin (29), an American pilot\nwho died after allegedly being shot by an armed criminal group (KKB) in\nBalinggama, Sobaham District, Yahukimo Regency, Papua Pegunungan, will\nbe evacuated to Jayapura, Papua. According to Bob, the evacuation was\ncarried out by personnel from the Koops TNI Habema on Friday (3\/7). The\nbody is currently in Timika and is scheduled to be flown to Jayapura to\nbe laid in state at the AMA hangar in Sentani, Jayapura Regency. \u201cThe\nAMA team in Timika will receive Pilot Nich\u2019s body from the Koops TNI\nHabema Task Force and will fly it to Jayapura using an AMA aircraft,\u201d\nBob Kayadu told ANTARA when contacted from Jayapura on Friday. Bob\nstated that PT AMA has been operating in Tanah Papua for 67 years and\nthis is the first time an aircraft and its crew have become victims of\nviolence. \u201cWe deeply regret the violence experienced by a pilot who was\nindeed on duty serving communities in the interior of Tanah Papua,\nbecause this is different from dying in an incident,\u201d said Bob Kayadu.\nSeparately, the Head of Information for Koops TNI Habema, Lieutenant\nColonel Inf Wirya Artadiguna, said that personnel evacuated the body\nfrom Balinggama to Timika on Friday (3\/7) using three helicopters. The\nevacuation began at 06:45 WIT, and after collecting the body, the\nhelicopters stopped in Wamena to refuel before continuing the flight to\nTimika. Upon arrival in Timika, the body will undergo preparation\nprocedures at the Timika Army Hospital before being handed over to AMA.\nThe AMA aircraft, operating the Wamena-Balinggama-Wamena route under\nflight code PK-RCY, was allegedly set on fire by KKB members upon\narriving in Balinggama with seven passengers on Thursday (2\/7). The\nseven passengers on the AMA flight bound for Balinggama were Eston\nSobolim, Kluenang Sobolim, Toni Balingga, Elina Sobolim, Ona Sobolim,\nLisenia Balingga, and Vaince Amo Hoso.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ama-director-body-of-us-pilot-to-be-evacuated-to-jayapura-1783050770",
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