Helicopter crash a 'pure accident': Army<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Army Chief of Staff Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo has
\npronounced a "pure accident" as the cause of the crash of an Army
\nhelicopter in East Timor earlier this month, Antara reported
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
The Army's investigation confirmed the preliminary finding
\nthat the Bell 205 aircraft crashed after hitting a tree and the
\nside of a mountain in bad weather, Gen. Subagyo said.<\/p>\n
It was not shot down by East Timor separatist rebels, he told
\nreporters during a visit to Bandung, West Java.<\/p>\n
All 12 officers on board the helicopter were killed in the
\nJune 4 crash in Viqueque regency in East Timor. They included
\nMaj. Gen. Yudomo Sastro Suhardjo, the chief of the Udayana
\nRegional Military Command, and Col. Slamat Sidabutar, the chief
\nof the East Timor military command.<\/p>\n
The Udayana Regional Military Command oversees provinces of
\nBali, East and West Nusa Tenggara and East Timor.<\/p>\n
Yudomo had only served in the post for eight days, having
\nreplaced Maj. Gen. Syahrir M.S., who had been appointed chief of
\nthe Army's special force (Kopassus).<\/p>\n
Subagyo said the investigation team, formed a day after the
\ncrash, had completed its work and presented its report, complete
\nwith photographs.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Army spokesman Brig. Gen. I Dewa Putu Rai announced
\nyesterday the appointment of Maj. Gen. Adam R. Damiri, chief of
\nthe Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) First Division,
\nas the new chief of the Udayana command replacing Yudomo.<\/p>\n
Maj. Adam is a 1972 graduate of the Armed Forces Academy.<\/p>\n
Col. Suhartono Suratman, chief of Kopassus Group 3 for
\neducation and training, will fill the post of Sidabutar, Putu Rai
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Brig. Gen. I Gede Dewa Purnawa, deputy chief of the Army Staff
\nand Command School (Seskoad), will take over Adam's Kostrad
\nposition.<\/p>\n
Two other appointments were made to fill posts left vacant due
\nto fatalities in the crash. Lt. Col. Edy Sunardi has been
\nappointed assistant for intelligence affairs to the Udayana
\nCommand chief of staff, and Lt. Col. Budi Heriyanto will be
\nassistant for operations to the Udayana Military Command chief of
\nstaff.<\/p>\n
Edy replaces Col. Pangandaran Napitulu, and Budi replaces Col.
\nSatria Buana.<\/p>\n
Putu Rai also confirmed that Brig. Gen. Syamsul Ma'arif,
\ncurrently chief of staff of the Brawijaya regional military
\ncommand, will become the new Armed Forces (ABRI) spokesman,
\nreplacing Brig. Gen. A. Wahab Mokodongan.<\/p>\n
Mokodongan will soon be assigned an educational task at the
\nNational Resilience Institute (Lemhanas). (emb\/imn)<\/p>",
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