Indonesia’s third president, Bacharuddin Jusuf (BJ) Habibie, died on Wednesday at 6:05 p.m. after being in intensive care on the Gatot Subroto Military Hospital in Jakarta since Sunday, September 1. His second son Thareq Kemal Habibie said on Tuesday that his father was beginning to stabilize after intensive treatment for fatigue attributable to his busy schedule, Between reported.
However, fate had other plans for BJ Habib. The genius who created Indonesia’s first self-made plane died on the age of 83 on Wednesday afternoon surrounded by his loving family.
Habibie, an engineer educated in Indonesia, the Netherlands and Germany, spent nearly 20 years working for the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm before returning to Indonesia in 1974 to assist lead Gen. Suharto’s campaign to industrialize the economy.
His passing recalls the legacy he left within the fields of democracy, economy, science and technology.
1. Theory of crack propagation
Habibie is reported to have created this theory, which is utilized in the aerospace industry to propagate or determine the initial location on an aircraft fuselage or foremost structure. This allows aviation scientists and researchers to check aircraft metal fatigue and its effects on structural damage.
2. Development of the primary aviation industry in Indonesia
On April 26, 1976, the scientist founded PT. Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio, which became the inaugural aerospace industry in Southeast Asia. Nurtanio is a pioneer within the Indonesian aerospace industry.
The company then modified its name to Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) on October 11, 1985, and in August 2000 it was transformed into what’s now generally known as Indonesian aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI).
3. Development of Indonesia’s first N250 Gatotkaca aircraft
In 1995, BJ Habibi he managed to guide the design of the N250 Gatotkaca aircraft based on his own design, which is alleged to have the option to face up to a Dutch attack. Gatotkaca can also be the one turboprop on this planet using fly-by-wire technology, during which the controls will not be directly mechanically connected.
In addition to the N250, he also made significant contributions to several other aircraft and helicopter designs for military and business use.
4. Building a good, open and democratic society
Washington Post. reported as president, Habibie apologized for past human rights violations and outlined an eight-point reform program “to construct a good, open and democratic society.”
He ordered the discharge of political prisoners, lifted restrictions on the press, and reformed politics to permit free elections.
He lifted a three-decade ban on speaking and teaching Mandarin as a part of an effort to ease the discriminatory policies against ethnic Chinese introduced by Suharto after his anti-communist pogroms in 1965–66.
5. Singapore “Little Red Dot”
In Singapore, Habibie is best generally known as the person who dubbed the city-state “red dot”. According to Kompas.com Habibie, at a seminar held in Singapore, later clarified his statement, saying he called Singapore a “red dot” to encourage Indonesia’s youth to learn and improve. Singapore later adopted this reference, calling itself the “little red dot”, using it to focus on how the island nation had transcended in size to take its place on the world stage, Times of the Strait reported.
A message of condolence, timely President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called Habibi “a model statesman in our lives”, claiming that he often contributed to solving the country’s problems,
