A Sriwijaya Air Boeing on the runway in Indonesia
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Contact photographer Peter de Jong
What: Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-200 en route from Tanjungpinang airport on Bintan island to the capital, Jakarta.
Where: unscheduled landing at the nearest airstrip
When: Mar 23rd 2009
Who: 116 passengers and 6 crew
Why: Eight minutes after takeoff, the left hand engine failed with a loud bang. The whole flight took about 27 minutes.
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