"The search of the ill-fated plane was focused on two locations namely north and south of Mount Burangrang," Wibisono, the Indonesian Scouts SAR team coordinator said here on Sunday.
Mount Burangrang is located at Cihanjawar village, Bojong sub-district, Purwakarta district, West Java.
The trainer belonging to PT Nusa Flying School was manned by its pilot Partogi and two aviation students namely Fikri,18 and Agung,20, reportedly crashed at an identified location, senior pilot Saleh Sudrajat,55, said here on Friday.
The Cessna plane may have crashed at 10.00 am western Indonesian standard time (WIB) during a flight from Halim Perdanakusuma airport to the West Java`s Budiarto airport, he said.
The SAR team conducted the search in the valleys of the north and south of Mount Burangrang.
"The thick fog that always blanketed Burangrang, becomes an obstacle in the search operation," Wibisono cited.
The operational assistant to the national SAR agency Yopi Haryadi said that the agency`s radio had detected the missing plane in the area.
"Based on the results of mapping the coordinates of the location of the ELT signal transmitter, the missing plane may be located in the Pasir Karet block, Pasir Tenjo and Pangukusan block, at an altitude of 1,426 above sea level," Yopi said.
In addition, Lingga Satria, one of PT Nusa Flying School students said that it was the final stage of the flight of the unlucky three victims following their graduation day on Tuesday (Nov 15). (*)
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