JAKARTA (AFP): Landed exceed runway (overrun), JT 673 Lion Air plane skidded across Sepinggan Airport, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Sunday (23/10) at around 7:20 pm. Consequently, the second plane rear wheels (main wheel) stuck in the ground.
Head of Communications (Kapuskom) Public Transportation Ministry Bambang S Ervan said, the overrun occurred as far as 15 meters with the second position the rear wheel of the aircraft mired in Rhesa (Runway End Safety Area) Runway 07.
The Boeing 737-900 ER PK-numbered registration was piloted by Captain Sujud know. There were 193 adult passengers, five babies, and 7 crew. All are safe, though somewhat ambles aircraft wheels.
However, as a result Sepinggan Aberdeen Airport temporarily closed for flights to and from Aberdeen. Some flights to Aberdeen experiencing delay or postponement.
According to the Public Relations of PT Angkasa Pura I Sepinggan Airport, Balikpapan, Abdullah Husin, there are two planes of Makassar and Banjarmasin are forced back to the Sultan Hasanudin-Makassar Airport and Airport-Noor Syansudin Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.
Husin also confirmed, although wet conditions, all passengers have been evacuated to the airport terminal in the airline Lion Air. "If the passenger destination Aberdeen had come home each," he said.
The new airport reopened at 15:00 pm. The weather at the airport bright with a little cloudy. Of the 2,500 meters, 2250 can be used for existing, because the slip plane at the end of the airport area.
The first plane took off after the airport opened the cargo plane Tri-MG-Singapore route which landed at Balikpapan 15:37 pm, while the aircraft is flying first-Tanjungbara Airfast Aberdeen goal.
According to Djoko Guntur Sepinggan Airport Manager, Lion Air plane skidded beyond the runway can not be evacuated, because the heavy equipment to pull the plane was still pursued imported to the site.
While closing the airport made for the evacuation of passengers in addition to the Lion, also because the weather was not friendly.
Problem causes of slip planes, citing information from Lion Air, Thunder said, it allegedly occurred due to high winds.
"According to information from Lion Air, allegedly because of strong winds to 30 knots and a bit slippery conditions, so exit the runway," said Thunder.
National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) and the Department of Transportation will conduct tests to determine the cause of the incident. However, the suspected cause is an external factor, because the condition of the aircraft there was no damage, but when the wind was blowing pretty hard landing. (Hanif S)
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