Dili gets new airport chief

Dili gets new airport chief

DILI: Lt. Col. Bambang Edi Purwanto was sworn in Thursday as
the Dili airport commandant, replacing Lt. Col. Daniel Parinding
who died in a glider accident in April.

Edi had been an officer at Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma
airport.

He was sworn in by Rear Marshall Hanafie Asnan, the Air Force
Region II operations commander, in a military ceremony attended
by governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares, local military chief Col.
Slamat Sidabutar and police chief Col. Atok Rismanto.

Parinding died after his power glider stalled in midair and
crashed 60 meters to the ground. (33)