Crashed plane to fly again

Crashed plane to fly again

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Fokker-27 that made a rough landing on Tuesday is being repaired
and will fly again, an airline official said yesterday.

The aircraft with 25 people on board bound for Maumere made an
emergency landing at the El Tari airport after its rear left
landing gear unlocked.

The airlines' Kupang district manager Anjar Soetrisno said the
plane has had its left landing gear and left wing repaired,
Antara reported.

The aircraft was towed into the parking area on Thursday by
technicians who brought in the equipment from Denpasar, Bali.

"We cannot determine how long it will take the technicians to
repair the aircraft. They are examining the extent of the
damage," he said. (pan)