Mount Salak

Gunung Salak

The Salak is a 2211 -meter-high stratovolcano in the province of West Java on the Indonesian island of Java. He was at the northeast end of a row of older, eroded volcanoes. In the summit area two craters are present, several secondary craters are located at Südösthang and at the northern foot. In historical times there were several times phreatic explosions in an area of ​​solfataras on the western slope of Salak. The last eruption was in 1938. The scoring for metropolitan Jakarta Bogor city is located around 15 kilometers north- northeast of the Salak.

Origin of the name

According to popular belief, the name comes " Salak " from the eponymous fruit of Salakpalme, a tropical fruit with flaky skin.

After the Sundanese tradition the name comes from the Sanskrit word " Salaka " was derived, meaning ' silver '. The term " Gunung " is commonly used in the Indonesian language as an additional designation of Bergen. As a result, the name " Gunung Salak " translated " Silver Mountain".

Aircraft accidents

The Gunung Salak has already been referred to in the national newspapers as the " boneyard ". The reasons for the many crashes in this region severe turbulence and rapidly changing weather conditions are mentioned in the mountainous terrain. In the period 2002-2012 there were eight plane crashes in the region of Gunung Salak. Shortly before the last crash on 9 May 2012 three people died in the crash as part of a training flight, 18 people died in a crash of a military aircraft of the Indonesian Air Force in 2008, five people died in a plane crash in June 2004, two persons were at a crash in April 2004 killed seven people died in a plane crash in October 2003 and one person was killed in a crash in October 2002.

Last died on 9 May 2012 in a plane crash of a Russian test flight 45 people. The widely scattered debris of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft of the type were found on the slopes of the volcano.