A Garuda Indonesia plane lands at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. (File Photo: Dimas Ardian, Bloomberg News)
A Garuda Indonesia jetliner made an emergency landing at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Friday after one of its wheels became loose, officials said. No passengers were hurt.
Pujobroto, Garuda’s Corporate Secretary, said a Boeing 737-300 had to return to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport 15 minutes after it took off for Aceh after the problem occurred with one of the left wheels.
“The plane’s Captain Johnny Siregar felt the wheel was off,” he said, “and according to the procedure, he had to return to base.”
The plane then circled in the area of the airport for about an hour to burn fuel before landing safely.
Flight GA-142 took off at 8:14 a.m. carrying 49 passengers, Pujobroto said. “All passengers were transferred to the next flight at 11,” he added.
Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the transportation ministry, said an inspector from the ministry’s airworthiness department had been deployed to check the jet’s condition.
“The plane is grounded until maintenance and repairs are finished,” Bambang said.
J.A. Barata from the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) said he had sent two investigators to probe the incident.
“We will check whether it was caused by a mechanical problem or not,” he said.
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