Airport cleared skidded aircraft<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post
\nTangerang<\/p>\n
Three people were injured and Sukarno-Hatta International
\nAirport's southern runway was closed for more than five hours
\novernight Wednesday after a Boeing 747 crash-landed and skidded
\nto a standstill on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The runway was closed at 10:15 p.m. after the Adam Air Boeing
\n747-400 aircraft, carrying 123 passengers from Medan, North
\nSumatra, skidded dangerously as it hit the runway.<\/p>\n
\"The right wheel was broken so it caused an imperfect
\nlanding,\" Angkasa Pura II spokesman Waspan Widodo said.<\/p>\n
Losing its balance and tipping onto its wing several times,
\nthe aircraft skidded as far as 1.5 kilometers away from the
\nlanding point.<\/p>\n
Three passengers were reported injured; Aas Kasmin, who
\nsuffered a broken leg, Turkin who suffered a back injury, and
\nRatna who sprained her ankle.<\/p>\n
\"The Adam Air aircraft has been pulled from the runway. Now
\nthe situation is clear and normal,\" airport operator PT Angkasa
\nPura II corporate secretary Kasmin Kamil said later on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
No flights were disrupted because of the incident and the
\nrunway was declared clear at about 3:35 a.m., he said.<\/p>\n
Through a spokesperson, Adam Air said it would provide medical
\ntreatment for the victims.<\/p>\n
Waspan said only one of the three victims was injured as they
\nfled to the emergency exit, while Kasmin maintained all three
\nwere hurt in the hasty evacuation.<\/p>\n
\"The incident caused panic among the passengers ... and as
\nsoon as the aircraft stopped, they were scrambling to get out.
\nThree passengers were shoved and fell down (from the plane),\"
\nKasmin said.<\/p>",
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