Team to probe chopper crash

Thu, 13 Jan 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Indonesian military (TNI)
headquarters in Jakarta will send a team of investigators to
Maluku to probe the most recent of a series of helicopter
accidents to befall the country in the last month.

The team will investigate the causes behind the crash and
report it to the TNI headquarters back in Jakarta for further
follow up, said Capt. Kuwat, the spokesman of Wirasakti military
command in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.

The Army's Bell 412 helicopter went down on Tuesday on Wetar
island in the regency, around five minutes after taking off from
a soccer field. Prominent persons aboard the chopper all escaped
serious injury, including Maluku Governor Albert Larahalu and
Pattimura military commander Maj. Gen. Syarifuddin. -- JP

View JSON | Print