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23 APR 2009 NTSC Indonesia releases preliminary report on
BAe-146 collision with terrainRelated links Indonesia safety
profile According to preliminary findings released by the
Indonesian NTSC, the BAe-146 aircraft crashed while on a cargo
flight to Wamena, April 9, 2009.The airplane was observed to make
an approach to runway 15 at Wamena and then conducted a go around
from a low height over the runway. The aircraft climbed to a low
height along the extended centreline to the south east, before
making a right turn onto a right downwind leg of the
circuit.Witnesses observed the aircraft continuing on the right
downwind at a lower than normal circuit height. They lost sight of
the aircraft when it was passing a late downwind position. It
subsequently made a right turn, presumably onto a right base leg
and flew through the extended centreline.The aircraft subsequently
impacted Pikei Hill on Tengah Mountain. At the time of the accident
there was haze and broken cloud; base 300 meters. (NTSC)JAKARTA - A
cash-strapped Indonesian district in West Java has ordered couples
planning to get married to provide 10 trees to local authorities
for a reforestation program, an official said on Wednesday.
Anyone filing for divorce in Garut in West Java would also have
to fork out for at least one tree, said Wibowo, the district
secretary, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
"The Garut government wants to encourage couples getting
married, as well as those seeking divorce, to support a national
reforestation program, given budget limitations," said Wibowo.
Under the new regulation issued last month, couples would have
to contribute trees to the forestry unit before their marriage
could be legally sanctioned, Wibowo said.
Indonesia has some of the world's biggest remaining reserves of
tropical forests, but pressure from agriculture as well as illegal
logging has damaged huge tracts of forest.
The central government launched a program in December last year
to plant one million trees.
