Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The dead body of former President Soeharto would be flown from the Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta to Solo at about 08:30 local time on Monday by a VVIP hercules aircraft with registration number A 1341.
"In the meantime, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been scheduled to leave Halim Perdanakusuma airport for Solo by VVIP hercules aircraft with registration number A-1325," Commander of the Wing I of the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base Col. Gutomo told Antara here on Sunday afternoon.
Gutomo further stressed that at the time Soeharto`s dead body is to be flown there will be no a special ceremony, as the release of the former strongman to the burial place in Solo will be carried out in Soeharto`s residence ot Jalan Cendana, Jakarta.
On Sunday afternoon, some aircraft had been made on a stand by position to fly the dead body and some passengers at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport. The Indonesian airforce prepared five hercules aircraft with the support of three Trans Wisata aircraft - two planes of Fokker 28 and one Fokker 100.
In the meantime, Pelita Air Service also deployed three planes of Fokker 100 and one of them was already available at the airport.
Former President Soeharto (86) died on Sunday (Jan 27) at 13:10 after he was treated about more than three weeks at Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta.
The Indonesian second president was admitted to the Pertamina Hospital last Friday on January 4, 2008, for suffering from anemia and severe edema.
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