Cassa 212 Aircraft Crash in North Sumatra-Aceh

Cassa 212 Aircraft Crash in North Sumatra-Aceh

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Casa 212 plane owned by Air or NBA Buana Nusantara reportedly fell in the area of ​​Bahorok, Langkat regency, North Sumatra, on Thursday (29/09/2011). The plane carrying 18 people, including pilots and crew members, the plan to fly from Medan to Kutacane, Aceh Tenggara.

Initially, news came that the plane was owned by Susi Air. However, Susi Air straighten the news. "Not ours, but belongs to the NBA," said Gunanjar, one employee Susi Air.

CASA 212 crash site

CASA 212 crash site owned by airlines NBA on Thursday (29/09/2011) morning, finally found. This was disclosed by Head of Bappeda Aceh Tenggara, Jarwansyah.

According to him, an hour ago, Director of the NBA uses Susi Air aircraft flew over the crash CASA 212. "They saw the plane still intact," said Jarwansyah in Bahorok.

Hearing the news, the Southeast Aceh Regent directly ordered the helicopters to drop food to the crash site. "How know there are still living," said Jarwansyah.

But unfortunately the helicopter could not land there because of its location fog and high winds. Plus, the crash site in the forest that does not allow helicopters to land.

Aircraft Still Looks Intact

CASA 212 plane carrying 14 passengers and 4 crew is falling this morning around 08.00 pm. Until now, military and rescue teams have not managed to reach the crash site.

Casa 212 aircraft owned by airlines NBA that falls on Thursday (29/09/2011) morning has been found on a hill in Langkat, North Sumatra. Zulkifli, Head of North Sumatra Branch NBA said the crash site in the coordinates of 3 degrees 23 minutes 80 seconds north latitude and 98 degrees 01 minutes 21 seconds east longitude.

"I was already five times round the hill and saw the plane still intact," said Zulkifli. He said the plane's position roughly around 30 km of river flow.

Seeing the condition of the aircraft, the possibility of survivors are still large. However, it could not do the shooting condition of the aircraft due to difficult terrain.

"It was very difficult because the terrain is flanked by hills, so we currently expect the evacuation of a landline," he said. Current SAR teams and the military are coordinating to get to the crash site and immediately evacuate victims.

Casa 212 aircraft carrying 14 passengers and 4 crew took off from Polonia Airport, Medan, at 07.00 and is scheduled to arrive in Kutacane at 08.00, but shortly afterwards the plane was reported missing and unknown contacts news.

There are three C-212 crash in Indonesia Previous

As of September 2011, there were 69 accidents involving a CASA C-212 with a total of 513 deaths of people around the world. In Kompas.com records, three of the accidents occurred in Indonesia.

The first accident occurred in Indonesia on February 22, 2005 in which the C-212 aircraft owned by the Police were damaged when the machine landed in Sarmi District, Papua, and causes it to fall into the sea. Of the 18 members of the police in the plane, 15 of whom died.

Second, June 26, 2008 C-212 aircraft owned by the TNI who flew to map the region from Jakarta to Bogor, lost in the region of Mount Salak. Two days later the wreckage was found and all passengers, ie 12 members of the military and 6 civilians were pronounced dead.

Third on February 12, 2011, C-212 aircraft belonging Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter with five crew members, crashed after takeoff from Batam, while doing the testing machine. The entire crew was killed.

CASA 212 aircraft, dubbed Aviocar is a medium-sized transport aircraft capable of takeoff and landing on short runway or STOL (short take-off and landing). The aircraft was developed by a Spanish aircraft manufacturer, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) for civilian and military purposes.

C-212 is also made in the Indonesian Aerospace Industry (Iae / IPTN) in Bandung, Indonesia under license CASA.

C-212 wing at the top of the box-shaped fuselage and conventional tail. The interior of the plane is filled with 21-28 passengers depending on configuration. Because the C-212 does not use pressurized material in his body, then the model is used in flight are relatively low (below 10,000 feet or 3000 meters above sea level). The aircraft is also ideally used in short haul flights.