Jakarta - A light aircraft, operated by Indonesia's Pelita Air crashed on Thursday, 19 February 2026, during its mission to deliver fuel oil to remote location in North Kalimantan, pilot has been reported had died.
Indonesian Directorate General of Aviation at Indonesian Transportation Ministry said the air tractor type airplane flown by a pilot and crashed on its way from Long Bawan to Tarakan in North Kalimantan Province.
"The cause of the accident of the aircraft that carried one pilot is under investigation. The latest information that we received at 15.16 central Indonesia time zone, pilot Captain Hendrick Lodewyck Adam was declared die," Director General Aviation Lukman F. Laisa said.
The aircraft was expected to land at Tarakan Airport at 1.15pm local time, but air traffic control received emergency distress at 12.20pm.
It carried fuel oil from state-owned oil and gas producer Pertamina.***
