Sulawesi quake: Air traffic controller who stayed behind to guide plane to safety killed


Anthonius Gunawan Agung, 21, was a flight navigation service personnel who continued to carry out his duty when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Palu in Central Sulawesi on Sept 28, 2018. He was killed in the aftermath of the quake.PHOTO: AIRNAV INDONESIA.

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A 21-year-old air traffic controller in Palu, who continued to carry out his duty when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the city in Central Sulawesi on Friday evening (Sept 28), has been killed in the aftermath of the quake.

Anthonius Gunawan Agung was a flight navigation service personnel with AirNav Indonesia's Palu branch and he was the air traffic controller (ATC) on duty at the Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie airport during the time of the incident.

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