BBC News, 15
October 2012
Indonesian
officials have suspended a foreign pilot and launched an investigation after a
passenger jet landed at the wrong airport.
The Sriwijaya
Air jet had about 100 people on board when it took off on Saturday from Medan
in northern Sumatra headed for the city of Padang.
However, it
landed at the Tabing air force base, 12 km (seven miles) from its destination.
Indonesian
officials said air safety practices would be investigated.
It is not
known why the pilot chose to land at the wrong airport - only that he was in
contact with the air traffic control at Minangkabau airport in Padang.
An
investigation by the Indonesian aviation safety watchdog has been launched with
air traffic control authorities.
Indonesia
has a chequered history of aviation safety, although efforts have been made to
improve standards over the last few years, the BBC's Karishma Vaswani reports
from Jakarta.
Indonesia's
transport ministry says the 96 passengers on board were never in any danger.
According
to our correspondent, the ministry's spokesman said the landing was entirely
normal - except for the fact that it was at the wrong airport.
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