New Indonesian-owned airplane makes emergency landing due to

New Indonesian-owned airplane makes emergency landing due to
faulty light

Agencies
Sydney, Australia

An airplane belonging to a new Indonesian-owned airline made an
emergency landing at Sydney's international airport on Monday
after a faulty cockpit light indicated a problem with its
hydraulics, the carrier said.

The Airbus A300-600 was carrying 124 passengers and 11 crew,
said Gary Hilt, national business manager with Air Paradise
International. The cockpit erroneously indicated that there was a
problem with the plane's hydraulics, Hilt said.

An airport spokesman said the Air Paradise landed at around
10.05 am local time (07:05 a.m. Jakarta time), the spokesman
said. Indonesian carrier Air Paradise has recently started
services between Australia and Denpasar, Bali.

"It appears to have been a false indicator alarm," the
spokesman said, adding that no-one was injured. "It landed safely
without incident."

Flight AD063 was due to stop in Sydney anyway to pick up
passengers en route to the Indonesian island of Bali from the
southern city of Melbourne but was delayed for about an hour
while the light was fixed, Hilt said.

The plane got priority to land and emergency services at the
airport were put on standby.

Air Paradise International is owned by Balinese businessman
Kadek Wiranatha. It began flights between Australia and Bali on
Feb. 18, and operates four weekly services from Melbourne and
Sydney to Denpasar, and five times a week from the West
Australian city of Perth.

The airline also operates flights between Bali and Seoul, Hilt
said. (AP/AFP)