Lady fails to follow Medan boys

Lady fails to follow Medan boys

JAKARTA (JP): If imitation is the highest form of flattery,
then two boys who stowed away in the front wheel compartment of
an airplane were given the highest honor when a woman attempted
the same feat in Bali yesterday.

Nina Rustini, 40, was caught hiding in the main wheel well
compartment of a Garuda Indonesia A-330-300 airplane, flight GA-
669, which was parked at Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Bali.

The flight was to fly to Jakarta later in the day.

She was discovered when a Garuda technician, Indratno, was
checking the airplane at 5 a.m.

After being handed over to airport security, Nina admitted
that she had planned to stow away on the plane.

Being caught may have been a blessing in disguise for Nina as
she later said that she wanted to go to Yogyakarta.

The plane was not scheduled to land in Yogyakarta, which is
located approximately midway between Jakarta and Bali.

After additional checks, the GA-669 flight carrying 152
passengers finally got off the ground, free of stowaways, but 25
minutes late.

On Tuesday two boys -- Iswadi Simpatupang, 17, and Manto
Manurung, 16 -- were found unconscious here at Soekarno-Hatta
Airport after stowing away on a Garuda Indonesia flight from
Medan, North Sumatra.

The two boys hid in the front wheel compartment of the
aircraft for the three-and-a-half hour flight. Despite minor
shock, the two boys are reportedly in good health. (icn/mds)