A helicopter crashed in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province yesterday, killing one person on the ground.

All eight people on board, including six Chinese nationals and two crew members, were injured.

A Xinhua report said the helicopter, which belonged to Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, was attempting to land at the company's helipad in Morowali regency when it hit two employees on the ground, killing one of them and wounding the other.</s>JAKARTA (XINHUA) - A helicopter crashed on Friday (April 20) in Marowali Regency of Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, leaving one dead and nine injured including six Chinese nationals, officials said.

"Based on a manifest, all the six passengers of the helicopters are Chinese nationals," spokesman for the transport ministry Bambang Ervan told Xinhua via telephone.

The accident killed an employee of the company operating the helicopter, PT IMIP, and wounded the pilot, co-pilot and another worker of the company, spokesman for the national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told Xinhua in a text message.

After leaving a heliport of the company, the helicopter return to the base. While trying to land, it hit the two employees, killing one of them and wounding the other, said Sutopo.

The six Chinese nationals, the pilot and the co-pilot have been evacuated safely and rushed into a health clinic of PT IMIP for medical treatment before they were shifted to the General Hospital of Marowali, the spokesman said.</s>Jakarta: A man was killed after a helicopter crash at an industrial area in Bohodapi, Morowali, Central Sulawesi on Friday, April 20, 2018.



 "The victim is a worker who was hit by the falling helicopter," Morowali Police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner told Metro TV by phone.

The helicopter crashed at around 09:35 AM Central Indonesia Time (WITA). The incident occurred near the helipad.The helicopter brought six passengers and two crew. All of them only suffered light injuries.Here are the names of the crew and passengers:1. Rudi (Pilot)2. Deliati Hasiolan Gulo3. Xi Lai Wang4. Yan Yun5. Di Yi Fei6. Guan Kejang7. Zhao Yipu8. Di Gui.(WAH)</s>President Rodrigo Duterte’s special assistant Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Saturday pledged assistance and support to Filipino fishermen detained in Indonesia.

Go made the pledge a day after welcoming 31 fishermen repatriated from Indonesia on Friday in Davao City.

“Natutuwa ako sa pagsisikap ng ating gobyerno na maibalik sa Pilipinas ang ating mga kababayang Pilipino nang ligtas galing sa Indonesia (I’m happy that our government has been doing its best to repatriate our countrymen from Indonesia),” he said.

Go, one of the possible Senate bets of the ruling PDP-Laban political party in the 2019 mid-term polls, said he would bring up the issue of overstaying Filipinos in Indonesia to the attention of the Chief Executive.

He also expressed hope that Duterte would be able to discuss the issue with Indonesian President Joko Widodo when the two leaders meet during the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Singapore next week.

“I am currently looking for ways to assist the repatriated Filipinos and expedite repatriation process of other Filipinos left detained in Indonesia,” Go said, adding that he was also talking with Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano regarding the concerns of the Filipino fishermen in Indonesia.

“There are still many Filipinos who have remained in Indonesia as detainees after illegally entering, overstaying or fishing in Indonesian territories,” he added.

The 31 fishermen who were detained in North Sulawesi either for illegal fishing or overstaying, arrived on board Lapu-Lapu, a ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).

They were taken to the Navy station of the Eastern Mindanao Command in Barangay Panacan for documentation.

The Navy’s BRP Davao del Sur picked up the fishermen from Manado on April 13 and transferred them to the BFAR ship.

Go emphasized the need to educate Filipinos on territorial issues to avoid being apprehended by other nations.

In the meantime, he said his office has coordinated with the BFAR to provide the fishermen fishing gadgets and equipment.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development, on the other hand, has been tapped to provide them with livelihood and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority with skills training.

Go gave each repatriated fisherman P3,000 cash and grocery packs.

“Patuloy po ang ating tulong sa ating mga mangingisda. Kailangan nating mabigyan sila ng kaukulang assistance para hindi na mangyayari muli ang mga ganitong sitwasyon (We will continue to help our fishermen. We need to give them proper assistance so that this would not happen again),” Go said.
A helicopter crashes in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing one and injuring nine.