Another victim of CN-235 accident dies

MADIUN, East Java: First Lt. Yeremias Waang, the copilot of a CN- 235 airplane that recently crashed in Aceh, died early on Monday at the Antariksa Air Force Hospital in East Jakarta. Waang suffered serious head injuries in the crash on Thursday at Malikussaleh airport in North Aceh regency.

"We again have lost one of our best pilots," said Air Force chief Marshall Djoko Suyanto in Malang.

Three Army officers died in the crash on Thursday.

Two Air Force pilots died in a separate plane crash on Thursday. Maj. Robby Ibnu Robel and copilot First Lt. Harchus Adiya Wing Wibowo were killed when their Bronco OV-10 military airplane crashed into Jabung hill in Malang, East Java. -- Antara