Confusion … then Garuda plane crashes
Unofficial transcript of conversation shows control tower gave wrong instruction to pilot.
AN UNOFFICIAL transcript of the final conversation between the pilot of
Author: Derwin Pereira
Nerve centre operates on a shoestring
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INSIDE JAKARTA'S COMMAND POST
Its gear consists of: * Four PCs * Two telephones * Two fax machines * A printer
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Suharto orders airport in Medan to be relocated
Transport and forestry chiefs pressured to quit.
PRESIDENT Suharto has ordered officials to relocate Medan's Polonia airport to ensure future flight safety -
Control tower may be to blame for plane crash
MEDAN'S airport control tower might have been at fault for not directing the pilot of the Garuda plane away from the deep
Indonesia blames forest fires on El Nino
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INDONESIA has rejected blame for the haze blanketing large areas of South-east Asia, saying that one of the culprits is
Relatives of Garuda crash victims blame govt
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AIR DISASTER
VETERAN pilot captain Hance Rahmowiyogo, who was at the controls of the ill-fated Garuda plane which crashed on Friday,
Indonesian companies say : ‘Neither are we’
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Firms claim they don't clear land by burning.
WE ARE not at fault.
Forestry and plantation firms in Indonesia contacted by The
All 234 on board killed in Garuda plane crash
Tragedy near haze-shrouded Medan --------------------------------
ALL 234 passengers and crew on board a Garuda Indonesian Airbus were killed when it crashed yesterday in
Suharto declares forest fires, pollution a national disaster
INDONESIA'S President Suharto yesterday declared the raging forest and land fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan and its choking pollution a national disaster.
Coordinating
Indonesia deploys troops to fight fires
Malaysian fire-fighters arrive in Sumatra
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INDONESIA, on the verge of declaring a national emergency, has deployed more than 50,000 military personnel to fight
Two Indonesians dead, thousands ill from the haze
TWO Indonesians have died and thousands made sick by smoke from forest fires that have left a cloud of thick smoke and
Jakarta has done ‘too little, too late’
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Indonesian Environment Minister lashes out at govt over handling of fires.
ENVIRONMENT Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja has lambasted fellow ministers and government