Papua Readies 24 Ambulances to Evacuate Trigana Crash Victims
19 August 2015 14:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Papua Provincial Government is providing 24 ambulances to help evacuate victims of the Trigana Air plane that crashed in the Pegunungan Bintang district.
"Since Tuesday night, we had 24 ambulances in Sentani Airport ready to evacuate bodies of the Trigana crash victims," Aloysius Giyai, chief of the Papua Health Office, said in Jayapura, Wednesday, August 19.
He said that the 24 ambulances are directly coordinated by the Papua Health Office's crisis center.
The Health Office is using ambulances from a number of hospitals in Jayapura, both state and private hospitals.
"I have a team of crisis center staff who are on a 24-hour stand-by at Sentani airport—ready to help with the evacuation process," Aloysius said.
He added that his team gives him frequent updates on recent developments at the crash site and evacuation center.
Aloysius, the former director of Papua's Abepura General Hospital, said that other supporting medical equipment for evacuation are also ready to be used.
On Sunday, August 16, a Trigana Air ATR 42-300 turboprop aircraft lost contact with air traffic control about half an hour on a flight from Jayapura.
Search planes spotted debris by the mountainside on Monday. The plane was carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members. None of the people on board survived the disaster.
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