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Sky Ranger Aircraft Crashes and Catches Fire in Blora, Two Crew Members Survive

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • A Sky Ranger aerosport aircraft crashed and caught fire in a rice field in Sarimulyo village, Blora, Central Java, at about 12:10 p.m. on September 6, 2026.
  • The aircraft reportedly developed an engine problem while flying from Pangandaran in West Java to Malang in East Java.
  • Pilot Dhoni Vasmin A and co-pilot Ignatius Andreas survived the crash.

A Sky Ranger fixed-wing aerosport aircraft crashed and caught fire in a rice field in Sarimulyo village, Ngawen district, Blora, Central Java, on Sunday, September 6, 2026.

The aircraft reportedly suffered an engine problem while flying from Pangandaran, West Java, to Malang, East Java. It crashed at about 12:10 p.m.

Both people on board survived. The pilot, Dhoni Vasmin A, and co-pilot, Ignatius Andreas, managed to escape the accident.

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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.