Plane skids off runway in E. Indonesia
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Xinhua, September 9, 2011
A plane belongs to private air operator Susi Air skidded off runway in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, Kompas.com online news reported here on Friday.
The incident was occurred around noon time at El Tari Airport of the provincial capital city of Kupang.
All crews and passengers were safe even though the incident had been interrupting flight activities in the airport for about 50 minutes.
Nadjib Anshori, airport manager of PT Angkasa Pura II Kupang, said that pilot has managed to control the plane to avoid accident.
"After checking, it was a flat tire on the right rear tire," said Anshori, adding that it took 50 minutes to evacuate the plane.
For the consequence, at least two planes should turn to Makassar of South Sulawesi province before resuming flight to Kupang after the evacuation.
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