Plane makes emergency landing

Plane makes emergency landing

PALANGKA RAYA, Central Kalimantan: An F-28 Merpati Nusantara
aircraft failed to land yesterday morning at the Tjilik Riwut
airport and was forced to make an emergency landing at the
Syamsuddinoor airport in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.

Murmo Samino, the Palangka Raya district manager of Merpati
Nusantara airlines, confirmed the incident, saying that the
aircraft changed directions at 9:05 a.m. and landed in
Banjarmasin at 9:30 a.m. due to damages to the plane's wind
absorbing device.

The Antara news agency reported that the craft, en route from
Jakarta to Palangka Raya, was carrying 76 passengers and was
piloted by Iskandar.

According to Murmo, an aircraft without the device must have a
landing strip that is at least 2,000 meters long, while Tjilik
Riwut has a 1,200-meter-long strip. (14)