Military plane crash kills 17 lives
Padang Express • Saturday, 09/17/2011 12:17 pm • (cak)
Luanda - Angolan military plane crash took the lives of soldiers and civilians. Local authorities said 17 people died in the crash at the airport in Huambo, yesterday (16 / 9) local time.
Initially, some media reported at least 30 of the 36 passengers who were on board were killed. But the report was revised after rescue teams found a number of passengers that can be saved.
The military said 11 soldiers, including three generals were killed in the crash. Added, six civilians, including two women and two children were also on the list of victims.
The accident occurred at the airport Albano Machando in Huambo city, about 550 km north-west of the capital city of Luanda. The new airport was reopened last month after a three-month closed due to repairs.
Embraer-120 aircraft carrying 23 people made in Brazil as he fell around 11:30 am Wednesday (14 / 9) local time. In it there are three military delegations and six civilians. The aircraft normally used to bring senior government and military.
Two men held the rank of lieutenant general, respectively Leitao Bernardo and Francisco Diogo Malungo Elias da Costa Pedro Bravo. While the other one held the rank of Brigadier General, Demosthenes Katata. All three were identified as victims were killed.
Two pilots and crew were reported safe. While almost all passengers confirmed dead.
Previously, pilots and some passengers survived immediately rushed to the hospital due to burns. "I do not know what happened. The plane is fine when walking on land to take off. So I really do not know what happened," said Captain Jose Goncalves who survived the incident, while in the hospital.
A hospital officials said the five victims suffered second-degree burns. While one other person suffered burns, more serious, level three.
Angolan Air Force has conducted an investigation to determine the cause of the accident. Aviation authorities declared that the province is estimated to be the cause of technical problems.
"It's too early to determine the cause of accidents. A commission formed to investigate," explains Ernesto Dos Santos, who is responsible in the field of transport Angolan Air Force, told AFP. He added that the investigation will take about 1-2 months.
One witness claimed to see a plane flying low and burned before hitting the airport runway. A picture Angopla news agency reported, Angop show, the plane split into two due to the lacing
Boeing Marks 20th Anniversary of C-17 Globemaster III’s 1st Flight.
LONG BEACH, Calif.: The Boeing Company (BA 64.96 ↑0.99%) on Sept. 15 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first flight of the C-17 airlifter. On Sept. 15, 1991, test aircraft T-1 took off from the Boeing Long Beach site on a two-hour flight that proved the engineering and design concepts of the aircraft and marked the beginning of the program.
T-1 flew by Long Beach again on Sept. 15, 2011, in a re-creation of its milestone flight.
“The first flight of T-1 ushered in a new era in military and humanitarian airlift,” said Bob Ciesla, C-17 program manager for Boeing. “Twenty years ago, when I was working in flight test for this new airlift program, I could not anticipate just how critical the C-17 would become for the U.S. Air Force and its allies. The success of the C-17 Globemaster III program extends beyond Boeing’s employees and supplier partners, who have proudly engineered and built the world’s greatest airlifter for two decades, to exceed the expectations of customers around the globe who fly the jet every day.”
The C-17 has flown more than 2 million hours in its 20-year history, supporting worldwide airlift missions that transport troops and supplies to global hot zones and bring aid to those in need during humanitarian crises.
“There is no question that the C-17 has set the bar high,” said Ciesla. “The program has performed on cost and on schedule for more than a decade. Now we are entering a new stage with a production-rate reduction from 15 to 10 aircraft per year, extending the life of the C-17 line to 2014 and beyond.”
The C-17 aircraft has achieved a number of record-breaking milestones, more than any other airlifter in history, and set 33 world records during initial flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The C-17′s records include payload to altitude and time-to-climb, as well as a record for short-takeoff-and-landing in which the C-17 took off in less than 1,400 feet, carried a payload of 44,000 pounds to altitude, and landed in less than 1,400 feet.
During the past 20 years, Boeing has delivered 235 C-17s, 211 to the U.S. Air Force, including active duty, Guard and Reserve units, and 24 to international customers including the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Qatar Emiri Air Force, United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence, and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability initiative of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations. India became the newest C-17 customer in June, when India’s Ministry of Defence signed an agreement with the U.S. government to acquire 10 C-17s that will be delivered in 2013-2014.
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Helikopter TNI Hilang Saat Evakuasi Susi Air
11/09/2011 12:07
Liputan6.com, Wamena: The search for the Army's helicopter Bell 412 type of aircraft lost contact when evacuating Susi Air is still done until Sunday (11 / 9). Heli carrying five military personnel including the pilot and copilot Capt. Siagian, First Lieutenant CPN Fathoni, Pelda Eko, Serka Yafeth, and Heru.
News of the loss of the Army's helicopter reported Papua Timika Airport control tower. Since at 15.00 CEST, loss of contact and communication with the tower of Timika. Heli is flying to help the evacuation process Susi Air plane that crashed in the District Pasema, Yahukimo District.
Meanwhile Susi Air aircraft evacuation process is still constrained weather. Through satellite technology known plane crashed in the Village District Pasema Saminage precisely. Susi Air plane took off from Wamena Airport to Kenyam transport four drums of diesel and food supplies. Dave pilots steered the plane from Australia Cootes.
Pesawat Batavia Air Pecah Ban di Malang
Evakuasi Pesawat Susi Temui Titik Terang
10/09/2011 20:05
Liputan6.com, Yahukimo: The process of evacuation of the plane's two pilots Susi Air airline that crashed in Pasema, Yahukimo regency, Papua, until Saturday (10 / 9), started there a bright spot. A rescue team down in a nearby village from the scene. Rescuers had reached the village of Saminage 1, is three kilometers from the scene.
"The position of plane itself is known, the team will conduct an evacuation has been able to penetrate to the vicinity of the location," said corporate secretary Susi Air Gunanjar in Pangandaran, Ciamis regency, West Java, this afternoon. But they have not reached the crash site and the fate of the two crews are also unknown.
As known Susi Air plane on Friday afternoon, falling in District Pasema, Yahukimo District, on the way from Wamena to Kenyam. Path-Kenyam Wamena is a routine path flown by Susi Air to transport supplies staples. The plane lost contact, 15 minutes after the flight.
The aircraft of the type C208B Caravan with registration number PK-VVE depart from Wamena at around 12:20 CET by Kenyam purpose. The plane carrying the four drums of different solar food items, weighing 1159 pounds. "Bring the food and it was amazing," said Gunanjar.
Flight crew, Dave Cootes as a pilot and copilot from Australia Thomas Munk Slovak origin. Properly, the aircraft arriving at around 13:30 CEST Kenyam, but does not go landing. "There is no danger or radio call sign of the crew, so we just found out does not go down after landing," said Susi, owner of Susi Air.
Finally, the airline was doing a search on the plane. Apparently, the plane crashed in the area Pasema District. According Gunanjar, the plane was not carrying passengers, except the two pilots did. Aviator's fate, it is not certain.
Currently flights to Papua suspended. Because the crew Susi Air is still affected conditions. Including aviation in the area of Sumatra and Kalimantan. (AIS)
Evakuasi Pesawat Susi Air Terkendala Cuaca
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