Police: Sukhoi supervisors died of methanol poisoning
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 09/15/2010 3:15 PM
A police investigation has found that three Russian fighter jet technicians, who died over the weekend in Makassar, died of methanol poisoning.
“We found methanol in their stomach, kidneys, liver and lungs,” Brig. Gen. Budiono, head of the National Police’s forensic laboratory, said Wednesday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
Budiono said among the evidence gathered were two plastic bags, one containing liquor mixed with methanol and the other just liquor.
He said two other Russian technicians, who were rushed to hospital in Makassar Tuesday, were suffering from same thing.
“They have similar symptoms – nausea, vomiting and trouble breathing. Apparently, they consumed less methanol. They are recovering,” Budiono said.
The five were part of a 37-member team, comprising technicians, mechanics, instructors and inspectors, who arrived on Sept. 5 to work on Indonesia’s fighter jet program, which uses Russian-built Sukhoi fighter jets. The jets arrived at the airbase on Sept. 10.
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