Glider mishap kills tourist, pilot

Fri, 11 Oct 2002, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The pilot of a microlight and its passenger, a Saudi
Arabian tourist, died when it crashed at Cileutuh, Bogor regency
on Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m.

Irfan Kobandaha, 32, was an instructor at the Lido Aerosport
club, while Sulaeman Abdullah Al Yahya was an employee of Aramco
oil company in his home country.

An eyewitness said that he saw the microlight take off and
then repeatedly spun round before it crashed.

There was good visibility and only light winds when the
incident occurred. --JP

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