Authorities secure plane crash site in Gorontalo – Archipelago

The DHC-6 twin-engine turboprop aircraft, operated by SAM Air, took off at 7:03 a.m. Central Indonesia Time (6:03 a.m. Jakarta) from Djalaluddin Airport in Gorontalo Regency on Sunday and was expected to arrive at around 7:33 a.m. I am at Bumi Panua Airport in Pohuwato.

Contact with the plane was lost minutes before the scheduled arrival time and it was later revealed that it had crashed into a fish farm near the destination airport in the village of ‘Imbodu, in Pohuwato regency.

The Gorontalo Search and Rescue Agency said it received a report from AirNav Makassar around 9 a.m. on Sunday about the accident. The SAM Air plane’s last contact was with AirNav Makassar, which received information that it had crashed near Bumi Panua Airport in Pohuwato, the head of the provincial SAR agency said on Sunday , Heriyanto.

Gorontalo Police Chief Insp. General Pudji Prasetijanto Hadi said his personnel were deployed to secure the area immediately after the report was released.

He said security would be maintained until a KNKT team arrived, expected on Monday, to conduct an investigation at the scene.

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“We have strengthened security on site to avoid any disruption during the investigation, so that the families of the victims can receive clear and precise information as soon as possible,” Pudhi was quoted as saying by Antara.