Passengers survive plane accident

Passengers survive plane accident

PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: A Cessna airplane crashed into a
swamp near Supadio airport here, following an emergency landing
due to engine problems.

The pilot and all four passengers aboard the five-seater
aircraft survived but suffered minor injuries in the accident,
the commander of the nearby air base Col. Harsono said.

Harsono said the plane was chartered by a Catholic mission to
carry its members from Sintang regency. The pilot, he added, had
realized the aircraft was experiencing engine trouble just prior
to landing that afternoon.

The aircraft hit a tree before crashing into the swamp, some
two kilometers away from the airport. -- JP