SAR TEAM STILL SEEKING LOCATION OF CASSA CRASH

Bogor, June 27 (ANTARA) - The wreck of an Indonesian Air Force Cassa which had been declared lost on Thursday afternoon, was eventually located in the Curug Nangka tourist resort at the foot of Mt Salak, Sukajadi village, Tamansari subdistrict, Bogor regency.

A National SAR team from Jakarta with the support of security personnel and the local villagers, had been combing the foot of Mt Salak since 6 p.m. to locate the wreck.

According to a security guard of the Curug Nangka camping site in Tamansari, Bogor, villagers heard a loud explosion above the forest at 11.30 a.m, but wandered what it was.

It was not until 5 p.m, the guard said, that throngs of people including soldiers, police personnel and civilians, were heading for Curug Nangka.

According to the camping site guard, an airplane went down, but the the exact location was still being sought.

Right now, the fate of its crew is still unknown.
The ill-fated Cassa 212 belonging to Squadron 4 of the Indonesian Air Force based in Subang was on a flight testing its aerial camera.
The plane lost contact with its control tower when flying around Bogor.