REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BALIKPAPAN -- A Bell 412 EP military helicopter of the Indonesian military (TNI), which lost contact on Wednesday afternoon, made an emergency landing in Long Sulit Hamlet of Malinau District, East Kalimantan.

The announcement was made by the Army Chief of Staff General Budiman.

"Due to bad weather, the pilot decided to return to Tarakan. In the middle of the route, the pilot had to make an emergency landing in Long Sulit Hamlet due to the bad weather," Budiman stated here on Thursday.

The helicopter, piloted by Captain Marpaung, had taken off from Tarakan and was bound for Long Bawan, on Wednesday, at 13.30 p.m. local time.