Senin 10 Mar 2014 19:11 WIB

Indonesia Air Force helps search for MAS aircraft

Red: Julkifli Marbun
Malaysian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director General Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman (right) take questions at a news conference at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang March 10, 2
Foto: Reuters/Edgar Su
Malaysian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Jauhari Yahya and Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director General Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman (right) take questions at a news conference at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang March 10, 2

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia Air Force has deployed a Boeing 737 from Maritime Patrol to help in the search for the Boeing 777-2000 MH370 of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) that was lost on Saturday, March 8.

"Boeing 737 of Air Forces Maritime Patrol will search around South China Sea in the Indonesia aerial zone from where the MAS aircraft passed by," Spokesman of Indonesia Air Forces First Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto stated here on Monday.

The Indonesia Air Forces aircraft with pilot Lieut. Col. Sudewo departed from home base Air Squadron 5 Sultan Hasannudin Airport in Makassar through Java Sea, Halim Perdanakusumah Airport to Ranai Military Airport.

The aircraft will be operated under Ranai Military Airport Commander Lieut. Col. Andri Gandhy command, and will search for 400 kilometers from Natuna Island.