jpnn.com, PAPUA - The body of a Smart Air pilot, Rahayu Kuntardi, who died in the crash of the cargo plane at the Aminggaru Ilaga Airport, Puncak regency, Papua, Monday (25/10), has been evacuated to Jakarta.
In addition, the injured co-pilot, identified as Eggie, has also been evacuated from Ilaga.
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"The evacuation used two planes, namely Smart Air and Rimbun Air. [The two planes] landed first before the ill-fated plane crashed," Aminggaru Ilaga Airport head Herman Sujito told Antara, Monday (25/10).
Herman said that when the ill-fated plane, which was carrying logistics from Timika, was about to land, a fog appeared to be covering the area around the airport.
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He said that the airport operations had continued as they had finished cleaning the runway.
"The Aminggaru Ilaga Airport has returned to normal," he added. (antara/mcr20/jpnn)
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