Getting to know the Indonesian Air Force's T-50i Golden Eagle that crashed in Blora

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Mengenal Pesawat T-50i Golden Eagle TNI AU yang Jatuh di Blora

T-50i Golden Eagle Indonesian Air Force crashed in Nginggil Village, Kradenan District, Blora , Central Java.

The 15th Air Squadron aircraft from Iswahjudi Air Base, Madiun, which was manned by one pilot, crashed during a night tactical intercept on Monday (18/7/2022) night.

Head of Information for Iswahjudi Air Base, Captain Sus Yudha Pramono, said that before losing contact, the pilot of the T-50i Golden Eagle, First Lieutenant Pnb Allan Safitra Indera W, reportedly had contact with the flight director , at 19.25 WIB.

However, after that the plane could not be contacted.

" Tail number TT-5009 took off from Iswahjudi Air Base at 18.24 WIB to conduct night flight training," he said, quoted from The NEWBIE , Tuesday (20/7/2022).

A team from Iswahjudi Air Base has moved to the crash site of fighter plane Golden Eagle

So, what is the picture of the T-50i Golden Eagle fighter plane ?

Getting to know the T-50i Golden Eagle

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The maximum speed of the T-50i Golden Eagle aircraft can reach mach 1.5 or 1.5 times the speed of sound (1,600 kilometers per hour).

In a complete configuration at a maximum weight of 27,322 pounds (14 tons), the T-50i Golden Eagle is capable of easily climbing to a maximum altitude of 55,000 feet (16.76 km) from Earth's surface.

The T-50i Golden Eagle is capable of firing 2,000 rounds per minute

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As a fighter, the T-50i has the agility, practicality, and weaponry capabilities for use in multirole .

The T-50i Golden Eagle is capable of fighting in the air and is quite lethal for bottom targets with a total weapon carrying capacity of about 5 tons.

In addition, the Golden Eagle T 50i is equipped with weapons for various missions.

The aircraft is equipped with an gatling capable of firing 2,000 rounds per minute.

This canon is placed on the left side of the cockpit, right at the leading edge of the aircraft extension.

There are five external stations on the under fuselage and under wing, as well as two missile launcher rails on the wing tip to carry all kinds of bombs, missiles, or rockets.

T-50i Golden Eagle fourth generation fighter aircraft

The Golden Eagle T-50i measures 43 feet (13,106 meters) long and 31 feet (9,448 meters) wide and 16 feet (4.87 meters) high.

The T-50i is equipped with airborne radar so that it is able to change missions, from jet trainers, straight to all operations missions, namely air-to-air or air-to-ground attacks, day or night, in all weather conditions.

In combat aviation, the T-50i Golden Eagle is in the same class as its main competitors, the Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten (Russia), the Aermacchi M-346 (Italy), or the Czech-made L-159.

In terms of technology, the T-50i Golden Eagle, which is a joint product of South Korea and the United States (Locheed Martin), is included in the variant

fourth generation (modern).

The design of the fourth generation aircraft is strongly influenced by several accompanying features, which include much better maneuverability due to low static stability.

In addition, sophistication in digital computers and systems integration techniques as well as upgrades to radar systems such as AESA (actively electronically scanned array) , digital avionics buses and IRST (Infra Red Search & Tracking).

The T50-i Golden Eagle plane crashed in 2015

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Reported Antara , December 20, 2015, the T50i Golden Eagle aircraft also experienced an incident.

At that time, the aircraft belonging to the Indonesian Air Force crashed during an attraction during the Aerospace Festival at Adisutjipto Airport, Sunday, December 20, 2015.

The Gebyar Dirgantara event, which had been held one day before the incident, was also immediately stopped.

As a result of the accident, two pilots died, namely Lieutenant Colonel Pnb Marda Sarjono and Captain Pnb Dwi Cahyadi.

At that time, the Indonesian Air Force said the plane had crashed after previously carrying out a low pass maneuver or flying low over thousands of visitors.

Meanwhile, the T-50i Golden Eagle, which crashed during the 2015 Aerospace Festival at Yogyakarta's Adisutjipto Airfield, was purchased in 2013.

"This plane was made by South Korea, which came to Indonesia in 2013. This plane is relatively new," said Head of the Air Force Information Service at the time, First Marshal of the TNI Dwi Badarmanto.

He explained that the training fighter aircraft was a South Korean manufacturer of Korean Aero Industries (KAI), which was strengthening the 15th Air Squadron at the Iswahjudi Madiun Air Base.

At that time, the Ministry of Defense purchased one such squadron from KAI for the Indonesian Air Force and placed it in Madiun.