The pilot of Garuda Flight 200, which crashed and burned killing 21 people in March, has now been officially named as a suspect in an investigation by Indonesian police.
Five Australians were among those killed in the Yogyakarta crash.
A recently-released final report on the crash found that the pilot in command of Garuda Flight 200, Captain Marwoto Komar, was fixated on landing despite 15 loud automated warnings that he was flying way too fast to touch down safely.
A week ago police in Yogyakarta summoned the pilot for questioning over manslaughter allegations.
Now, Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutanto has been asked whether Captain Komar is yet officially a suspect, and he replied "Yes, he is".
Under Indonesia's legal system, being named as a suspect is one step short of being charged with a crime. © 2007 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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