Mandala was Overweighted of 3 Tons Durians? September 7, 2005
Posted by JalanSutera.com™ in Blog.trackback
Seputar Indonesia newspaper today reports that the cause of the Mandala Airlines crash in Medan on Monday was overwighted cargo. The plane, reported the paper, carried 3 tons of durians, huge fruits native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven.
I don’t know whether it is true or not.
Blog ini milik Pujiono, seorang pekerja media yang tinggal di Tangerang. Dia bukanlah seorang wartawan. Dia juga bukanlah orang yang punya krenteging ati untuk secara teratur menuliskan pikiran dan ide lewat blog. 
are you serious? take a picture please.
How can a plan overweighted with Durian cause the plane go on fire?
I guess its the alcohol contained in the durians…
That’s so fantastic…
[...] This week Indonesia blogger, JalanSutera.com wrote that the media reported the cause of accident was over weighted cargo of 2 tonnes of durians, a smelly tropical fruit but a popular and expensive refreshment to many Indonesians. [...]
[...] This week Indonesia blogger, JalanSutera.com wrote that the media reported the cause of accident was over weighted cargo of 3 tonnes of durians, a smelly tropical fruit but a popular and expensive refreshment to many Indonesians. Pujiono, the owner of the blog, adds that he didnt know whether the report its true or not, almost to the point of amazement, hoping that the origin of the tragedy was not some simple foolishness like that. [...]
Durians or not, it was still, inevitably, ‘some simple foolishness’.
Sad but true; we all have horror stories about internal flights in Indonesia.
I was in medan when the plane crashed. The day after I was going to the airport to pick up a friend from Jakarta. When the becak went by the plane it smelled really bad, but I thought it was bodies I was smelling. It seemed to be common knowlege in medan that Durian was the reason for the crash. An Indonesian friend of mine told me Durian sells for 5,000 rupiah per kilo…..so imagine it’s a bit of money!
It seems there has to be a reason why the plane would be purposefully loaded with 2 to 3 tons of durian and an individual responsible. Naturally, not one media report has looked into this because as usual, it’s someone connected to government. Mandala staff say the culprit was none other than one of the victims (in an almost first of its kind involving a high official…), namely the South Sumatera governor who insisted that the durians be taken to Jakarta where they were to be given to MPR/DPR members (house and senate, sort of) as gifts. Governors in Indonesia are usually army and Mandala is 90% army-owned.
Don’t expect the US National Transport Safety Board who arrived on scene to investigate to be announcing anything like this if they follow their usual policy of not embarrassing foreign governments.
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It is true!
I am the eyewitness when the plane crashed.
The location was near from my college, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
When I was studying in my college, everyone heard the big sound that made me went out from the class and check it.
People run to somewhere and I followed them. It was very shocked us. We saw an accident of airplane! But it was very horrible! The passangers is dead! No one is saved! Everyone was burned and I saw a mother with her son lost their feet caused by fire. And the main thing, we smelled a bad smell! Can u guess it? It was Durian smells!!! Yes, that’s right! 3 Tons of Durian! ‘the no 1 man of Medan’ brought his durian more than 3 Tons! But this information was closed for public. Only Medan knows it well.
One secret info again for u:
After the event, the families of the victims were fighted each other because every family was sure that a foot/head/etc was their family’s!!!