Engine trouble forces down Ginandjar's plane<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Engine trouble forced a Garuda Indonesia jet
\ncarrying a group of Indonesian pilgrims, including Minister of
\nNational Development Planning Ginandjar Kartasasmita, to land in
\nColombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The passengers on the 192nd haj flight from Indonesia were
\nthen brought back to Jakarta. They left for Jeddah and continued
\non to Mecca in Saudi Arabia on another plane yesterday morning.<\/p>\n
\"Two of three navigation machines were in trouble,\" an
\nofficial at the national carrier's haj post said yesterday. \"All
\nthe passengers are in good condition.\"<\/p>\n
The GA 7520 flight with 465 passengers on board took off from
\nHalim Perdanakusumah airport on Saturday at 6 p.m. It developed
\nengine trouble about three hours after departure.<\/p>\n
In a separate development, nearly 200 Moslems registered to go
\non a privately-arranged haj pilgrimage were left stranded over
\nthe weekend at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Cengkareng due to
\nimmigration problems.<\/p>\n
The prospective pilgrims were trying to go to the Holy Land
\nusing ordinary green passports rather than the specially issued
\nbrown haj passports.<\/p>\n
People with brown passports leave for Mecca at Halim
\nPerdanakusumah airport while those with green passports use
\nSoekarno-Hatta.<\/p>\n
Each of the pilgrims, who had to stay at the airport for three
\ndays until yesterday, paid the private tour agency Rp 11 million
\n(US$4657), almost four million rupiah more expensive than the
\ngovernment-sponsored trip.<\/p>\n
The agency reportedly told the pilgrims to just go to the
\nairport and that they would receive their passports and visas
\nthere.<\/p>\n
Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher promised on
\nSaturday that he would take action against the agency. (01)<\/p>",
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