Tragic. But I don't understand, the plane was on the runway ready to takeoff and it was important for him to stay and give it clearance? Why is that the priority versus simply letting the plane wait or come back to the terminal?Among the deads, is Anthonius Gunawan Agung, a young Air Traffic Controller at Palu Airport, who stayed his post to clear an aircraft for take off during the earthquake. He succumbed to his injuries today.
Tragic. But I don't understand, the plane was on the runway ready to takeoff and it was important for him to stay and give it clearance? Why is that the priority versus simply letting the plane wait or come back to the terminal?
Watch 2012 and find out
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Surely you are joking?
More footage of the tsunami... You can hear the person taking the video desperately calling pedestrians to get to higher ground.
That's quite heart rending and you can hear him crying at the end.