TEMPO.CO, Jayapura - The SAR team managed to evacuate the body of Rio Pasaribu, the pilot of crashed Cessna plane in the mountainous area of Oksibil district, Papua.
The body had been taken to Oksibil Hospital and was yet to be taken to Jayapura, local SAR team chief Suyanto said.
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Reports say that evacuation process involves two helicopters belonging to PT SAS and PT Freeport.
“It was difficult because the wreckage was at the edge of a cliff, but the team managed to evacuate the body of the pilot who flew a plane with flight number PK-FSO,” Suyatno said.
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A Cessna plane belonging to PT SAS crashed when flying from Tanah Merah to Oksibil on Wednesday, April 12.
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