Heavy rain and thick fog that blanketed the area around Mount Burangrang, Saturday (19/11/2011), inhibiting search Cessna C 172-PK NIP's Flying Nusa International flight school lost contact since Wednesday (16/11/2011) morning .
On Friday, a joint team from Nusa Flying International, Wanadri, Kodim Purwakarta, and a number of institutions re-combing the border area Purwakarta and West Bandung regency. If the search is focused yesterday on the back of the north, this time starting from the back sweep south in Lembang, West Bandung regency.
Quite sunny weather on Saturday morning. However, at 10.00 after the fog started to descend the slopes of Mount Burangrang. Top of some hills that were previously invisible, such as Sand Jambi, Handap Sand, and Sand Luhur, fog hindered.
The rain also came and went. Had subsided a few minutes, the rain came down again. Similar conditions occur in the search two days earlier, making it hard the volunteers who participated in the search.
One friend of Muhammad Fikriansyah Apriano (18), one of three passenger Cessna C172-PK's NIP Nusa International Flying Dino Aryo Saputro (26), claimed to notice carefullyjust before the flight training on Wednesday (11/16/2011 ).
"That morning, before leaving to fly, I met him and said cautiously yes, FIK," said Dino, who calls Fikriansyah or call Ryan with FIK.
Ryan flying with my contemporaries, the Supreme Hidalgo (30), using a manned aircraft trainer Captain Pilot Partogi Sianipar (25). Leave at 7:40, the plane was scheduled to arrive at the air base at 9:33 Budiarto Tangerang.
According to Dino, as usual practice, the route to be taken Ryan and Agung is Jakarta Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport to the air base Budiarto Tangerang. The aircraft usually fly eastward to meet the planned first flight distance as far as 170 nautical mile before it fell in Lanud Budiarto. However, the plane lost contact and whereabouts unknown until now.
Another classmate Ryan at Nusa Flying International flight school, Andika Dwityo (19), adding, no weird feeling on Wednesday morning.
According to him, flying training schedule goes as previous days. "Usually there were calls related to weather conditions, but today it is considered possible conditions," said Andika.
Now, Ryan's classmates and the Supreme in. NFI in 2010 struggled to find a plane with combing the area on the border district of Mount Burangrang Purwakarta, Subang, and West Bandung.
At least two days and two nights they stay at the Post Mount Bhakti along with other volunteers in the Village Cihanjawar, District Bojong, Purwakarta regency, West Java.
"We do not know how they (the victims), this search may soon bear fruit. As friends, we want them all to be found in a safe condition," added Andika.