Minggu, 02 Agustus 2009

Aircraft position Merpati Not Detected


President Director of PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Bambang Bhakti, stressed that the position of Merpati missing in Papua has not been detected. Aircraft Twin Otter unlucky diversiform do this last contact with the tower in Jayapura, Papua, Sunday (2 / 8) at 13:35 WIT stated before missing.

In the explanation to the press at the Crisis Center in Jakarta on Sunday night, Bambang explained that a search plane were already special plane to track the position of the missing. This position is based on the information entered.

"But there is no clear point. We will still try to continue to search for it," said Bambang.

Previously, Head of Center for Communications and Public Ministry of Transportation (Dephub) Bambang Ervan, when the last contact, the plane is on the distance of 53 Nautical mile (Nm). "Contact is going five minutes after the plane stayed on the base of Jayapura elevation 9500 feet," he said.

Dephub now working with the Merpati and related institutions to track the existence of the plane. National Teams Committee Transportation Safety (KNKT) jump down new planes after an accident and declared found.

Corporate Secretary PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Sukandi, also explains the SAR team is to search the plane. "We also recruit a team of crisis," said Sukandi.

Twin Otter Aircraft MNA 976I OD with registration code PK-NVC this diawaki by Qaqriyanova Aircraft Captain, First Officer Pramudia, and Engineer Supriyadi. Aircraft carrying 12 people missing passengers of contact when making flight routes Oksibil-Jayapura (capital of Star Mountain District).

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