The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 06/20/2007 9:48 AM JAKARTA: The Indonesian Navy is sending a warship to survey an area believed to be the location of an N22S Nomad surveillance airplane that went down in the waters off Mapur Island in Riau Islands province 20 years ago, an officer said as quoted by Detik.com news portal on Tuesday.
""We will have a briefing with Navy divers scheduled to arrive here in Tanjung Pinang on Wednesday from Jakarta,"" commander of the Tanjung Pinang Main Naval Base, Commodore Among Martono, said.
""There is no need to hurry to evacuate the airplane as we already know the location.""
The Australian-made surveillance aircraft was piloted by Maj. Suwelo Wibisono when it went down. The wreckage was found by local fishermen last Friday.
The plane's crew and passengers survived the accident and were rescued by a Singaporean warship under surveillance by the ill-fated airplane for entering Indonesian waters. -- JP
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