by Editor | Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
AirNav revealed seven aircrafts flyign nearby the missing AirAsia QZ 8501 Sunday morning. They didn’t report any cumulonimbus clouds, which might have hit QZ 8501. Wisnu Darjono, director of safety and standard of AirNav Indonesia, said three other aircrafts...
by Editor | Dec 29, 2014 | News
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Indonesia’s Navigation Service Provider Agency or AirNav dismissed earlier statements that pilot of the missing AirAsia QZ 8501 asked for higher altitude because of weather problems. Wisnu Darjono, director of safety and standard of...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2014 | News
Christianawati and nine of her family members escaped a tragedy in the missing AirAsia QZ 8501 due to miscommunication of flight schedule with the airline. “We were scheduled to aboard QZ 8501, but our ticket pointed to 07.30 flight on December 28. Turned out...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2014 | Featured, News
Authorities confirmed that there are 162 people aboard of AirAsia QZ 8501, which went missing in Belitung waters, Indonesia. Manifest of passengers also confirmed 26 no-shows, including three infants. The plane had seven crew, including French national as co-pilot,...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2014 | News
National Agency for Rescue and Search (Basarnas) has deployed six vessels to find out AirAsia QZ 8501, which lost contact Sunday morning. Sutrisno, head of Basarnas Jakarta, said the vessels were deployed from Jakarta, Pontianak (West Kalimantan), Pangkal Pinang (Riau...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2014 | News
At 5.35 a.m. local time on Sunday, December 28, Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ 8501 left Surabaya, East Java en route to Singapore. At 6.12 a.m. the pilot contacted air traffic control (ATC) asking for permit to increase altitude from 32,000 feet to 38,000 feet due to...
by Editor | Oct 26, 2014 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) : Rarely mentioned in cabinet talks, Saleh Husin, politician from Hanura Party, has been appointed minister of industry affairs. Relatively unknown his credentials in industry sector, Saleh will replace MS Hidayat, a politician from Golkar Party,...
by Editor | Oct 26, 2014 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Yet another surprise! President Joko Widodo has appointed Arief Yahya, CEO of state-owned telecommunication giant PT Telkom (TLKM) Tbk, as minister of tourism affairs. “He is a marketer. Hopefully he can promote more our tourism...
by Editor | Oct 26, 2014 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi): This is another surprise from President Joko Widodo. He appointed Nila D Anfasa Moeloek as minister of health affairs. Nila, who is Indonesia’s special envoy for Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), was almost appointed health minister in...
by Editor | Oct 26, 2014 | National, News, Politics
JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Surprise! President Joko Widodo appointed businessman Amran Sulaiman as minister of agriculture and food security. Amran, who got his PhD from Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, is currently CEO of Tiran Group. Amran is...
