Noisy Garuda

Noisy Garuda

On Aug. 7, I flew Garuda to Jakarta from Denpasar, it was an
international flight connecting with Tokyo. The flight departed
at 10 p.m. local time. When the plane started to take off, I
heard a noise coming from the left and right upper parts of the
plane.

It was like something was falling from the roof. The other
passengers (mostly Japanese) were also wondering about the
strange noise.

The same noise occurred many times during the flight evoking
the curiosity of the passengers. When the plane was preparing for
landing at Soekarno-Hatta Airport I asked a steward about the
source and the cause of the noise. I was told that the noise was
caused by ice. When the plane was not in a stable position or
there was turbulence, the ice would fall down and the noise would
result.

RETNO I PALUPI
Bekasi, West Java