"Safety cannot be compromised. It is a must for those using transportation. The safety is not just for aviation but also for land and sea transportation modes. Thus, safety should remain prioritized," he said here on Sunday.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of an education and people-empowerment training program at the state-owned Indonesian Aviation Institute (STPI) in Curug, Banten Province, he said his ministry was serious in instilling the safety culture.
In connection with a need to build the safety culture, he said the values, beliefs, and actions were instilled in all people responsible for running the transportation modes, including airport authorities and pilots.
For this purpose, the airport authorities and pilots were educated well, Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said, adding that the flight safety teaching materials were also delivered to 461 participants of this community development-based training program.
During their participation in the program, they were taught about a flight safety by the STPI`s teaching staff.
The community-empowerment program has been run by the Transportation Ministry since 2015. This year, the ministry has set a target of training 100,000 people.
The public transportation safety remains a serious problem in Indonesia because traffic accidents involving passenger buses have frequently occurred. On October 29, 2018, a Lion Air aircraft crashed into the Java Sea off Tanjung Karawang, West Java.
The ill-fated aircraft crashed 13 minutes after taking off from Cengkareng`s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 6:20 a.m. local time on its way to Pangkalpinang. The Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft carried 189 people on board.
Raden Said Sukanto National Police Hospital`s Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team members have been able to identify at least 92 victims.
Reporting by Aji Cakti
Editing by Rahmad Nasution, Buastanuddin
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Editor: Heru Purwanto
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