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Runway Overrun in Indonesia


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Contact photographer Hon Kit

What: Sriwijaya Boeing 737-400 en route Jakarta to Pontianak
Where: Kalimantan
When: June 1, 2012
Who: 163 passengers
Why: On landing on the ungrooved runway in Pontianak-Supadio Intl airport in “wet and windy conditions,” the plane skidded off the runway, incurring significant damages. Passengers evacuated directly on to the landing area.

The transportation ministry told Agence France Presse that “the nosewheel is broken and the landing gear sunk into the soft soil.”

The right wing is damaged, and the airport was closed as the situation was handled.

According to JADEC, the weather was “WIOO 010530Z 23022KT 0600 FEW009CB BKN007 29/25 Q1008 RMK CB OVER THE FIELD”

The NTSC is investigating.

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