Indonesian soldier found alive two weeks after helicopter crash

A soldier has been found alive two weeks after an Indonesian army helicopter he was travelling in crashed, killing three people, the military said on Friday.

 

The helicopter went down in a ravine in northern Indonesia on November 24 while carrying supplies to military posts near the border with Malaysia.

 

Armed forces spokesperson, Sabrar Fadhilah, said Yohannes Saputra was found on Thursday in a nearby village with injuries to his arms, waist and legs.

 

“He was extremely weak because he had not eaten for days,” he said.

 

Local media reported that Saputra made his way to a farm where he stayed in a hut overnight and ate sugar before being found by villagers.

 

The helicopter’s pilot was found alive three days after the crash, while the other three soldiers were dead.

Defence Chief Visits Site Of Kaduna Helicopter Crash

The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen Gabriel Olonisakin on Sunday visited the site at the Nigerian Defence Academy, where a Dornier 228 light aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed on Saturday, killing all seven people on board.

The Defence Chief, who was accompanied to the crashed site by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Aliyu Ismaila and other top military officers, described the incident as unfortunate.

Both the Permanent Secretary and the Defence Chief assured that efforts will be put in place to ensure that such an incident never occurs again.

The ill-fated plane took off from the Air Force base in Kaduna enroute Abuja, unfortunately, less than ten minutes in the air, it wobbled before crashing inside in a compound.

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