4 facts behind the tragedy of a plane crash on Lake Sentani, bodies still in the cabin …

KOMPAS.com – During the tragedy of the fall of the Pioneer Aviation Fellowship (MAF) it crashed into Lake Sentani, Jayapura Regency, on Tuesday (05/12/2020).

According to the representative of the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT), the plane piloted by Joice Lin (40) crashed around 06.29 Eastern Indonesia time, shortly after taking off from Sentani airport at 06.27, Indonesian Eastern Time.

Meanwhile, pilot Joice had yelled “May Day” before losing contact. Joice was found dead in the plane crash.

Related officials are still investigating the cause of the plane crash.

Here are the complete facts:

1. Contact lost after 2 minutes take off

The aircraft with flight number PK-MEC was reported to have taken off at 06.27 Eastern Indonesia time from Sentani airport.

Two-minute interval, precisely 06.29, the plane piloted by Joice Lin lost contact.

“At 06.27 the aircraft took off. At 06.29 the aircraft lost contact,” Jayapura SAR office chief Zainul Thahar said in a written statement Tuesday morning.

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2. Fall in Lake Sentani

DOCK. HE Basarnas officers went to the location of the plane belonging to Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) that crashed into Lake Sentani, Jayapura Regency, Papua, on Tuesday (05/12/2020). A pilot plane with flight number PK-MEC to Mamit district, Tolikara district, Papua crashed into the waters of Lake Sentani at 6.29 CET, killing one American pilot, Joice Lin.

Norbert Tunyanan, a KNKT representative, stated that the MAF plane crashed into Lake Sentani, Papua.

Previously, according to Tunyanan, the pilot of the plane had given the code “Mayday … mayday” before the plane crashed.

The code is clearly heard by pilots on aircraft that are on radio frequency 119.1.

“I received a report that the SAR team found the body of an MAF pilot with flight code PK-MEC after diving in Lake Sentani,” Tunyanan said. Between, Tuesday in the morning.

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