The Secret Mount Salak

Mount Salak is an eroded volcanic range in West Java, Indonesia. Several satellite cones occur on the southeast flank and on the northern foot. Two craters are found at the summit. Mount Salak has been the site of a geothermal exploration.[1] According to popular belief, the name "Salak" comes from salak, a tropical fruit with scaly skin. However, according to Sundanese tradition, the name was derived from the Sanskrit word "Salaka" which means "silver"; thus, Mount Salak means "silver mountain.

Virtually Mount Salak in Sukabumi and Bogor regency, West Java, is a "grave" aircraft because it often occurs in mountain plane crash in the mountains thick ini.Kabut this is an indirect way will interfere with the aircraft as it was in Russian-made aircraft, the Sukhoi Superjet (SJJ) 100 that allegedly crashed into the mountain cliffs.

For the activist nature, the characteristics of the mountain is somewhat unique compared to other mountains on the island of Java. Characteristics like the Bukit Barisan mountain which divides Sumatra.

Gunung Salak also claimed many victims from among the mountaineers. Extreme terrain plus the dense forest makes people who do not understand the wild, astray.

In addition to the Sukhoi Superjet (SJJ) 100 number of accidents on Mount Salak is On April 15, 2004, the Red Baron aircraft Paragliding GT 500 Aero Sport Lido's, fell in Wates Jaya village, Cijeruk district, District Bogor.June 20,2004, a Cessna 185 Skywagon, fall at Lake Lido, Cijeruk, Bogor.Juni 2008, Casa 212 aircraft the Air Force crashed on Mount Salak in the height of 4,200 feet from the surface laut.April 30, 2009, accident occurred on a training aircraft Donner's Flight Training Center waterfall falling in Cibunar village, the village of Tenjo, Tenjo subdistrict, Bogor regency.
(Source : antaranews.com)

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