Air Show Pilot Seriously Injured: Official
September 24, 2010
The Super Decathlon airplane was engulfed in flames after it crashed during a low-altitude stunt at the Bandung Air Show. (Photo Courtesy Metro TV) Related articles
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Bandung. A pilot was seriously injured after the small plane he was
flying crashed while performing a low-altitude stunt at an air show in
Bandung on Friday, officials said.
Thousands of people
including children from area kindergartens watched on in horror as the
Super Decathlon plane smashed into the ground and burst into flames at
Husein Sastranegara Airport.
"The pilot failed to control the
aircraft during an aerobatic maneuver at low altitude. The plane hit
the ground and caught fire," Air Force spokesman Bambang Samudro told
AFP.
"The pilot is in intensive care at a hospital with serious injuries."
The
air base commander Col. Asep Adang told Metro TV that the National
Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) would investigate the accident.
“The plane had gone
through routine check procedure before flight and everything was declared as OK,” Adang said.
The
single-prop plane belonged to the Indonesian Aero Sports Federation and
the pilot, Alexander Supeli, had won second place at an international
aerobatics championship in Australia in 1997.
The air show was
being held to celebrate the city's 200th anniversary. The air show was
launched on Thursday by Air Marshall Imam Sufaat, the Air Force chief
of staff.
AFP, JG
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