The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 02/12/2011
Merpati
Nusantara Airlines's aircraft MZ 539 has force-landed at the Haji Asan Sampit
airport in East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan due to engine failure.
"Our
Fokker 100 departed from the Haji Asan Sampit airport to Surabaya at 1:07 p.m.
but after seven minutes flying it found problem on its left engine," said
Harianto, head of safety flight of the airport as quoted by Antara on Saturday.
The plane
carried 101 passengers and cargo weighing 520 kilograms.
Harianto
said that the plane managed to land safely at the airport despite the problem.
All
passengers along with their luggage were unloaded from the troubled aircraft.
The plane is now parked at the airport waiting from technicians from Jakarta to
repair it.
"We
don't know whether or not Merpati will replace the plane or repair it," he
said.
Meanwhile,
an officer with Merpati Nusantara's Sampit branch, Masykur, confirmed the
flight cancellation.
"We
won't replace the plane, but we will repair it. Now, we are still waiting for
the technicians," he said.
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