Super Puma chopper crashes in Papua

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News) - A Super Puma helicopter owned by the
Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) crashed at the Sentani airport in
Indonesia`s eastern-most province of Papua on Friday afternoon while
conducting a test flight.

The helicopter piloted by Maj Bambang Yuniar went down when it was
flying at an altitude of 15 feet, Col Dedi Parmadi, commander of the
Sentani air base, said.

The pilot and three crew members were chafed in the accident, he said.

The flight accident investigation committee (PPKPT) was looking into the cause of the crash, he said.(*) END