US Pilot, Passenger
Killed in Papua Plane Crash
By Agence
France-Presse on 12:29 pm Apr 10, 2014
Category News
Tags : Papua,
Plane Crash
Jayapura. A light aircraft crashed into a fence during
take-off in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, killing the US pilot and a
passenger, police said.
The US-made Kodiak plane was carrying six passengers
and was chartered to deliver humanitarian supplies to a remote district in
Indonesia's easternmost Papua province.
"The American pilot and an Indonesia passenger
were killed in the accident. The aircraft partly caught fire, "Papua
province police spokesman Sulistyo Pudjo told AFP.
The plane crashed into fence by the tarmac, he said,
adding that five other passengers were injured, two of them seriously.
Indonesia, which relies heavily on air transport to
connect its more than 17.000 islands, has one of Asia's worst aviation safety
records.
The Indonesia region of Papua makes up the western half
of New Guinea. People there rely on air transport in the absence of a
substantial road network in the mountainous terrain with vast tracts of dense
jungle.
Agence France-Presse
My Commentary :
This is a blow for Indonesian nation and U.S. pilots
who were victims of the plane crash in Papua. This indicates that the preparation
time of less smooth take-off caused by the changing winds or while checking
previous aircraft has not been fully prepared for take-off, or may also be due
to excess luggage so that air can’t rise due to the preparation of legislative
elections and bring added seven passengers inside.
Possible causes that made the plane could not take-off.
This is still very reasonable when a plane crash in Papua because nature still
runs the hills and mountains that cause the wind direction can change rapidly
so as to affect the condition of the aircraft, it became the biggest limiting
factor for the beginner pilot or professionals.
This becomes important for learning and attention of
the airline to check flight preparation before take-off or after take-off and
the pilot to see the weather conditions or the state of the runway during take-off
and after take-off, and follow the rules in accordance with the procedures
flight.
