A November 18 press release from the Indonesian Air Force said that the cause of the accident on November 11 was due to the plane moving into dense clouds, obscuring the pilot's vision.
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| Indonesia found the cause of the fighter plane crash during training. (Source: ANTARA News) |
On November 16, two EMB 11 Super Tucano training aircraft of the Abdulrachman Saleh Air Squadron, Malang, of the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) crashed in Watu Gedek, in the Keduwung Village area, East Java, causing 314 pilots died.
Regarding the cause of the plane crash, in a press release on November 18, Director of the Information Department of the Indonesian Air Force, Brigadier General Agung Sasongkojati, said that the investigation team had conducted a thorough investigation from the perspective of level of people, vehicles, tasks, management and weather, to determine the cause of the incident.
To date, the cause of the incident has been determined to be because 2 Super Tucano aircraft, after separating from the formation of 4 aircraft, entered dense clouds, obscuring the pilot's vision.
General Agung added that there were no errors in the process or means. However, due to the above incident, all EMB 314 Super Tucano aircraft currently operated by TNI AU will be temporarily unable to fly.
EMB-314 Super Tucano is a line of light combat training aircraft designed to meet the requirements of lightning attacks.
This is not the first time a Super Tucano aircraft has encountered problems during TNI AU training.
Previously, in 2016, a Super Tucano plane crashed during combat training, killing two pilots and a civilian. The above three aircraft are among 16 Super Tucanos purchased by TNI from Brazil in 2012.
Since 2015, there have been at least 19 accidents related to defense equipment in Indonesia.
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