Plane pilot who crashed into Lake Sentani was found dead

TIMIKA, KOMPAS.com – The SAR team found a pilot aircraft belonging to the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) that crashed at Lake Sentani, Jayapura Regency, on Tuesday (05/12/2020).

The pilot named Joice Lin was found dead and was immediately taken to Tembagapura Hospital in Jayapura city.

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“At 0830 Eastern Indonesia time, the victim was evacuated to death and was rushed to Bhayangkara Hospital,” Jayapura SAR office chief Zainul Thahar said in a written statement Tuesday by the morning.

The plane crashed at around 06.29 Indonesian Eastern Time, taking off shortly after Sentani Airport at 06.27 Indonesian Western Time.

There were no passengers on the PK-MEC plane.

The plane only carried cargo bound for the Mamit district, Tolikara Regency.

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“At 06.27 the aircraft take off. At 06.29 aircraft lost contact“Zainul said.

The flight pilot was found at 0830 EST, after a search by the SAR team along with other potential SARs.

(KOMPAS.com/IRSUL PANCA ADITRA)