Category for : Accident
El Tari Airport Closed to All Flights
December 4th, 2009 | Comments Off
Kupang’s El Tari airport in East Nusa Tenggara is still closed to all flights as of Thursday after a Merpati Air plane made an emergency landing there Wednesday night. El Tari Airport Duty Manager Zaenal Ismail said here on Thursday morning that the Merpati ill-fated plane was still blocking the runway.
Therefore he said [...]
Indonesian Navy Crashed in East Kalimantan
September 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Five people were reported killed after a maritime reconnaissance Nomad plane of the Indonesian Navy crashed in East Kalimantan province on Monday.
Some of the bodies had been found, a source at the Balikpapan air base said. The plane with three crew members and six passengers on board met the accident on its flight from Long [...]
Lion Air Makes Emergency Landing in Sultan Hasanuddin Airport
July 20th, 2009 | Comment Now
A Lion Air aircraft serving the Jakarta-Kendari route made an emergency landing at Sultan Hasanuddin airport in Makassar on Saturday evening after a crack on the glass of its cockpit`s left window.
“The Lion Air plane, flight no 728, serving the Jakarta-Kendari route was diverted to Makassar and made an emergency landing because of the crack [...]
Air Force Not to Ground Puma Helicopters
June 15th, 2009 | Comment Now
Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Subandrio said the air force would not ground its Puma helicopters while an investigation was being conducted into a recent crash involving the same type of aircraft.
Routine checks continued on all the airforce`s major weapons system equipment including its Puma helicopters based in Squadron 8 in the Atang Senjaya [...]
All MD-90 Aircraft Lion Air Grounded
March 11th, 2009 | Comment Now
The Indonesia government decided to temporarily stop the (grounded) the operation of all aircraft type MD-90 airlines belonging to Lion Air began Wednesday, 11 March 2009. This decision was taken related slipped same type of aircraft owned by airlines in the Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Monday.
Dirjen Hubud Herry Bakti authorized explain in details, the operation of [...]
