PK-YRN, while on a supposedly visual approach, had descended into the trees atop the ridge of Tanggo Mountain at 8,300' on a heading of 195-200° during left base with gear & flaps down, ten miles from Rwy-11. A broken cloud layer was reported at 8000' (4000' AGL).
It is self evident that the pilots had insufficient or no ground contact over the ridge, but had continued in IMC rather than abandoning the approach and climbing to minimum safe altitude in their sector.
The violation of this basic VFR/VMC flying discipline had little to do with your claims about Indonesia's "indifferent regulator" "corruption" or "dense bureaucracy."
