Plane Kills 2 on Motorcycle on Indonesia Runway

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Police in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta have released the identity of two males who were killed when the motorcycle they were illegally riding across a runway was struck by a plane on Monday morning.

Adjutant First Insp. Mucthar AR from Legok Police told Detik.com that the men were Azumar, 24, an employee, and Yopie Hermawan, 16, a student from Bhakti Vocational Senior High School.

The pair were killed on impact after illegally entering the grounds of Budiarto Airport in Curug and attempting to take a short-cut across the runway.

Their attempt coincided with the landing of a single-engine Socata TB-10 Tobago training aircraft.

The two people aboard the plane were also seriously injured. They were rushed to Siloam Hospital in Karawaci for treatment after the unusual accident, which occurred at 8:30 a.m.

The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) has sent a team to investigate the crash.

“We have sent a team of five to the crash location. The head investigator is Toos Sanityoso. It was an accident,” KNKT spokesman JA Barata was reported as saying.

Source: Jarkata News