JAYAPURA (Antara): A Fokker 27 plane belonging to Trigana Air made an emergency landing at the end of the runway of Wamena airport in Jayawijaya district, Papua province, at 8 am local time after one of its tires broke out.
"A tire of the cargo aircraft manned by pilot Capt. Vincent and two crew members carryng 4.5 tons of different kinds of cargos from Jayapura broke out when landing at the airport. The accident claimed no life," a manager of Trigana Air in Jayapura, Bustomi,told Antara Thursday.
He said the ill-fated aircraft is still at the end of the airport's runway.
It was reported that Trigana Air's Twin Otter plane has flown from Jayapura to Wamena carrying a new tire to replace the broken one.
"The plane is expected to resume operation after the broken tire is replaced with the new one," he said.
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