The Jakarta Post, Brebes, Central Java | Wed, 11/05/2008 8:50 PM
A pilot and his student miraculously escaped death when their helicopter crashed into a pond near Brebes, Central Java, on Wednesday.
The pilot, Lt. Col. Cahyudi, and his student, Ikmal, departed from Semarang, Central Java, heading for Cirebon, West Java, as part of an Air Force training program.
Following the accident, Cahyudi and Ikmal were rescued by other Air Force officers on the same route, also in helicopters. The officials, however, refused to make any statement.
"Just write it as it is. We can't give any clarifications," one of the officials said.
A witness, M Nurdin, told Tempointeraktif.com he saw five other helicopters besides the one that crashed. Nurdin suspected the helicopter had a malfunction, after seeing it fail to make a turn before it plunged into the pond.
"The helicopter could not turn, and then fell down," an anonymous official said.
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