Wed, Mar 12, 2008
Comes As EU Reviews Blacklist Ban
More problems for Indonesia's
trouble-plagued airline industry... as Monday, an Adam Air jet
skidded off a runway at Hang Nadim Airport in Batam while
attempting to land during a heavy rainstorm.
The Associated Press reports five people suffered head and neck
injuries, and the Boeing 737-400 was severely damaged. The aircraft
with 170 passengers and six crew onboard was inbound from
Jakarta.
Airline spokesman Danke Drajat said the airliner was determined
to be in "good condition" following an last inspection in December,
and blamed Monday's accident on poor weather. Pantun Banjarnahor,
chief of operations at Hang Nadim Airport, stressed conditions at
the airport were safe enough for landing.
It was the third accident to strike Adam Air in the last 14
months. As ANN reported, all 102
persons onboard another Adam Air 737-400 are presumed lost when
their plane fell from radar screens January 1, 2007 on a flight
from Surabaya to Manado. Searchers recovered some debris from the
crash in the sea off South Sulawesi, although no bodies have been
recovered.
In February 2007, the center fuselage of an Adam Air Boeing
737-300 cracked during a hard landing, leaving the plane's tail
drooping towards the runway. The Indonesian government subsequently
grounded the carrier's six -300s, and called for immediate safety
checks.
A March 2007 landing
accident, involving a Garuda Indonesia Airlines
737-400, claimed the lives of 21 people when that airliner overshot
the runway and burst into flames.
US officials have since cautioned Americans against traveling on
Indonesian carriers... and the European Union added the country's
airlines to its aviation "blacklist" of carriers forbidden from
flying to and from the EU. That ban is currently up for review.
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