Merpati aborts flight

Merpati aborts flight

JAKARTA (JP): A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fokker-100 was
forced to return to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport for an
emergency landing Friday night after problems with its landing
gear, Antara reported yesterday.

The plane was 15 minutes into its flight from Jakarta to
Palembang, South Sumatra, when the crew discovered the landing
gear would not fold back.

They returned and made an emergency landing stopping 200
meters from the airport's departure terminal causing panic among
the passengers.

The passengers were shocked but no one was injured.

They were flown to Palembang in two separate flights Saturday
morning, said an MNA staff member at the airport. (09)