Batam (ANTARA News) - An Adam Air passenger plane skidded on the runway on landing at Batam`s Hang Nadim airport on Monday, eventually causing delays in the arrival of four incoming and the departure of three outgoing flights, Airport Administrator Razali Djaya said here on Monday.
"Seven flights, three outgoing and four incoming, were delayed due to the mishap ," he said.
Hang Nadim airport was closed to all flights for two hours after the accident which took place at 12.30 pm.
Batavia flights from Jakarta to Batam were diverted to Pekanbaru, Riau province while those of Sriwijaya, Lion Air and Air Asia were forced to return to Jakarta.
Two flights from Batam bound for Natuna were also delayed, namely those of Merpati and Lion Air.
Adam Air`s flight KI 292 skidded on the runway when it landed at the airport. All of its 171 passengers were safe but two of them suffered traumatic shock.
Bad weather and a wet runway due to rains had caused the plane to skid off the runway, head of the airport`s aviation security division E Amir said.
The plane which departed from Jakarta at 8 am local time, came to a stop about 10 meters from the end of the runway at Batam`s airport but all passengers were safe, Adam Air`s Director of Operations Captain Irawan S said in Jakarta following the accident.
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