When disaster struck, Agung stayed behind in the crumbling four-storey control tower at Palu airport to make sure a plane carrying hundreds of passengers could take off. Agung, 21, refused to leave the tower despite the danger and he was the only worker left as he guided Batik Air flight 6321 to safety. (Image: Indonesian Airnav)Agung's last words, according to pilot Ricoseta Mafella, were: "Batik 6231, runway 33, clear for takeoff". "He was saying it in a very calm manner, because the earthquake hadn't started yet," Mafella told Reuters. Agung waited for the plane, bound from Palu to Makassar, to become airborne before leaving the control tower, authorities said.

Source: Daily Mirror October 02, 2018 15:11 UTC