Friday, September 23, 2005

Mandala Airlines Accident

Got an info from a reliable source (can't disclose any names until the matter is brought to public) that the accident happened because the plane was overweight. At the last moment, a person of influence decided to bring along many durians. Apparently the crew didn't have the chance to count the last-minute cargo. The pilot realized this too late. He should have aborted the flight before taking off. It seems that he aborted the flight after the plane took of. The rest was history.

There are more details, of course, but I'm afraid I won't be coherent enough to write them down right now. I'm still shocked.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

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kalo emang bener pesawat tsb keberatan durian-nya seorang dg pengaruh - sayang bgt nyawa banyak org terbuang cuma krn (lagi-lagi, biasa, tipikal, tidak mengherankan, mudah diterka, lazimnya) kebodohan belaka birokrat tolol.

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Primadonna Angela said...

it is true. cuma entah bakal dipublikasiin ato nggak. tentunya banyak pihak yang nggak ingin hal ini diketahui.

Anonymous said...



err, kalo teori konspirasi ini bener adanya, hmm.. bukankah maskapai (normalnya) kalkulasi berat kargo mereka yg semuanya udah diperhitungkan termasuk baggage allowance ?

lagipula mandala kan bukan tergolong low cost carrier ? atao iyah?

tapi tetep sajah unsur birokrat emang terlalu pongah dan berkuasa (biasanya) di semua jalur kehidupan di indonesia.

Primadonna Angela said...

yang aku tau, gini nih. awalnya emang udah pas, as in, gak overload. tapi di detik2 terakhir duren dimasukin, jadi ya berat. sementara kalo overload setengah kilo aja, udah fatal!

bukti-bukti banyak, kok. cuma ya itu, entah, mau dipublikasiin ato nggak.

maskapai ya mana mau ngomong ya sebenarnya. sama aja kayak soal lion air dulu.. kurang bahan bakar tapi mana mau ngaku, lah.

Anonymous said...

I heard that before, there was 2 tons (read: 2000 kilograms!!!) of durians (silly !!!). And they said that the real cargo weight the plane brought was only 3 kilograms below the maximum capacity.
If this is really true, I am really really speechless !!! We people sometimes are so careless of other people's comfort. I am imagining the person who brought the durians had planned to give them to Mr. A, Mr. B, businessman C .. etc etc.
*sigh*

Anonymous said...

soal durian itu, dulu ada infonya di internet. kalo gak salah detikcom. nah, besoknya saya nunggu info itu. kalo bener, tentu ditulis di koran. tapi sampai berita mandala meredup, soal durian itu kok gak pernah disinggung di koran.
gak taulah, apakah si penulis berita itu gak tau info soal muatan durian itu, atau dia tahu tapi memutuskan tidak ditulis karena cuma sebatas rumor. soale orang maskapai juga membantah kalo pesawat overload. oalah....

Anonymous said...

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birokrat bodoh dg ego humongous = calamity

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Primadonna Angela said...

kalo mau data yang akurat, ada. juga bukti bahwa pesawatnya overload. tapi pihak pesawat wajar aja ngebantah--dan sebisa mungkin nekan.

wong pas di medan itu, duren hangus bertebaran di mana2... siapapun yang meliput pasti bisa liat.

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