Infrequent Flier
I am neither a lover or hater of Susi Air however here are a few facts as you seem to have let the truth get in the way of a good story ...........
The pilot was a Senior Pilot not a Junior. (Check & training Captain from NZ)
VVH had a flat tire, nothing to do with bad maintenance on this occasion.
There were 2 Indonesian mechanics on board. One is the holder of an Indonesian AMEL and the other unlicensed. (PM me if you want his phone number to verify)
It was not a training flight the aircraft departed Nusawiru and flew to Halim to pick up 2 mechanics and a spare wheel. Top of climb out of Halim on the return leg the engine stopped.
At this stage Susi Air does not do ab initio flight training, the training centre is used for type training for new pilots foreign and Indonesian.
It was a DA40 not DA42 as the article suggests.
The engine failure was due to a failure in the engine driven fuel pump on a nearly new aircraft (123 Hours) and was not maintenance related.
It was not a crash but a text book forced landing into the only available clear area for miles. Sadly it was wet and an Army truck had left large deep ruts across the range, these caused the undercarriage to fail at the end of the landing role. If not for the ruts the aircraft would have been fine.
Deraya had a forced landing on the same day and landed on the freeway between Jakarta and Bandung in a C172.
Now back to the S@#t fight!
