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Court orders Indonesian pilot to stand trial
Brazil News.Net
Monday 8th September, 2008
An Indonesian court has ruled that it will proceed with the trial of a pilot charged with deliberately crashing a passenger jet in 2007, killing 21 people.
The Indonesian pilot, who has pleaded not guilty, has been told the trial will resume on September 15th.
When Marwoto Komar, a former captain from flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, entered his plea last month, he said that with 22 years of experience as a pilot he would not have deliberately crashed the plane.
A government probe found Komar ignored 15 automated cockpit warnings not to land as he brought the plane in at roughly twice the safe speed, causing the jet to bounce and burst into flames in nearby rice fields.
Komar was sacked by Garuda in February.
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