Team Prioritizes Important Parts of Super Tucano for Evacuation

The bodies of the two Super Tucano planes that crashed in Pasuruan have not been completely removed from the location. There are several parts that are prioritized in the team's evacuation process.

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI. The original article can be found in Tim Prioritaskan Bagian Penting Super Tucano untuk Dievakuasi

KOMPAS/DAHLIA IRAWATI

Personnel from the 22nd Technical Squadron at Abdulrachman Saleh Airbase in Malang, East Java, washed the tactical fighter plane Super Tucano in front of the aircraft hangar on Monday (31/7/2017). The activity is part of the 57th anniversary of the Technical Air Squadron, which is celebrated every July 31st.

MALANG, KOMPAS - Five days after the accident, not all parts of two EMB-314 Super Tucano fighter planes belonging to the 21st Air Squadron of Abdulrachman Saleh Air Force Base in Malang have been moved from the accident site in Pasuruan, East Java. The evacuation team prioritized certain parts to be moved immediately.

Head of Air Force Information Service Dinas Marsekal Pertama R Agung Sasongkojati has stated that not all parts can be evacuated from the accident site due to weather and difficult terrain. "Due to extreme weather conditions, the evacuation team is prioritizing certain parts of the aircraft that must be immediately evacuated from the site," he said when contacted from Malang on Tuesday (21/11/2023).

Several parts become a priority in the evacuation process by the team. Some of these parts include rifles (canons), engines, ejection seats, and propellers.

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The marshaller directs the EMB-314 Super Tucano pilot to prepare for takeoff on the runway during the rehearsal for the 77th anniversary of the Indonesian Air Force at Halim Perdanakusuma Airfield in East Jakarta on Wednesday (5/4/2023).

The aircraft body will be cut into several parts for ease of transportation through land routes, while evacuation through air routes is not an option. It is hoped that within the next week, the entire aircraft body will have been moved to the technical area of Lanud Abdulrachman Saleh for investigation purposes.

Due to the extreme weather and terrain, the evacuation team prioritizes certain parts of the aircraft that must be evacuated immediately from the location.

The voice and data recorder and net centric data cartridge have been secured first. A Voice and data recorder is a system that stores video, sound, and performance data, as well as aircraft engines. The device will be sent to the manufacturer overseas to be read.

"Meanwhile, the net centric data cartridge is a voice, video and flight navigation display storage system whose data is also being studied in depth," he said.

Also read: Super Tucano Investigation Conducted in Depth

Mentioned about whether the other Super Tucano aircrafts at Squadron 21 have been operated again after the accidents that happened on TT 3111 and TT 3103, Agung stated that up until now, none have flown. Later on, the new officials will test all the aircrafts available.

"Today nothing has flown, but later the new official will test everything because he is a former commander. So, nothing has flown yet. The flying Hercules is the same as running (operations on land). "If it's running it's not a problem because of maintenance," he said.

KOMPAS/DEFRI WERDIONO

At the military funeral of three victims of the Super Tucano plane crash, a flower-filled atmosphere blanketed the Suropati Hero Cemetery in Malang, East Java on Friday (17/11/2023). Another victim was buried in Madiun.

As is known, Commander of Squadron 21 Wing 2 Abdulrachman Saleh Air Base, Colonel Pnb (Posthumous) Sandhra Gunawan was one of the four casualties who died during the formation training flight on November 16th, 2023.

Three other casualties are Commandant of Wing 2 Abdulrachman Saleh Air Force Base First Marshal (posthumously) Subhan, Head of Personnel Department of Abdulrachman Saleh Air Force Base First Marshal (posthumously) Widiono Hadiwijaya, and Lieutenant Colonel Pnb (posthumously) Yuda Anggara Seta.

Also read: Airplane Evacuation Process Carried Out Despite Unfavorable Weather

Regarding the weather forecast for the areas of Puspo and Lumbang, where an accident occurred, the Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency, Class 1 Juanda Meteorology Station, Sidoarjo, Taufik Hermawan has a three-day weather prediction.

On November 22, 2023, the weather conditions in the regions of Puspo and Lumbang are predicted to be clear in the morning, rainy in the afternoon, and foggy at night. As for November 23, 2023, it will be partly cloudy in Puspo, while Lumbang will be sunny in the morning. However, both regions will experience rainfall from the afternoon until the early hours of the night.

On November 24, 2023, both regions were partly cloudy in the morning. It rained in Puspo but it was sunny in Lumbang. At night, Puspo was foggy while Lumbang was mostly cloudy.