Airport official fired over lights

JAKARTA: An official has been dismissed for allowing 160 runway lights to go missing from the main runway at Soekarno- Hatta International Airport.

Airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II executive Untung Rahayu Basuki said over the weekend that the most responsible official in the case was the head of service and safety.

Untung added that his office had set up a team to investigate possible involvement of other officials in the case.

"We have to find the thieves," he said. -- JP