Breaking news: Nomad crash in Tarakan 5 Passenger die

Five killed in Nomad plane crash
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 00:27 WIB | National | | Viewed 266 time(s)

A type of Nomad plane of the Indonesian Navy crashed in East Kalimantan on Monday (9/7). (ANTARA/alutsista.blogspot.com/*)Jakarta (ANTARA Nes) - Five people were reported killed after a maritime reconnaissance Nomad plane of the Indonesian Navy crashed in East Kalimantan province on Monday.

Some of the bodies had been found, a source at the Balikpapan air base said.
The plane with three crew members and six passengers on board met the accident on its flight from Long Bawan, Nunukan district, to Juwata airport in Tarakan city, East Kalimantan.

The three crew members were pilot 1st Lt. Erwin, co-pilot 1st Lt. Saiful and technician Sgt. Maj. Sodikin, while the identities of six passengers remained unknown.

There was no immediate report on the identities of those killed in the crash.
The ill-fated plane left Tarakan for Nunukan at 11.11 a.m. The plane was supposed to return back at Tarakan at 02.30 but crashed at Long Apung, Bulungan district, at 02.28 p.m., the source said.

A team of search and rescue workers had been sent to the crash site, it said.
Spokesman for the Juwata airport Muhamad Nafiek said five people were killed and four others survived the accident.

Chief of the Bulungan police resort Adj. Chief Coms. Pumal Barus said two teams of rescue workers had been fielded to the scene to evacuate the victims.

Spokesman of the Indonesian Navy, Commodore Iskandar Sitompul, said in Jakarta earlier in the day that the Nomad plane was on a routine patrol flight. It was carrying nine crew members and passengers on board.(*)