Jakarta Globe, Apr 08, 2015
Mario Steven Ambarita, 22, slipped past airport security in Pekanbaru and clambered into the wheel well of a Garuda Indonesia flight to Jakarta. (JG Photo/Jurnasyanto Sukarno) |
Jakarta.
Authorities at Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport in Pekanbaru plan
to install CCTV cameras on the runway after a man crawled into the wheel well
of a Jakarta-bound Garuda Indonesia flight on Tuesday afternoon.
Mario
Steven Ambarita, 22, slipped past airport security and clambered aboard the
Boeing 737-800 before it took off from Riau province, surviving freezing
temperatures as the plane flew tens of thousands of meters in the air.
Authorities
from Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base, which shares the runway and airport space
with Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport, said they were reviewing airport security
following the incident.
“After what
happened, we will evaluate the airport security protocols. We plan on
installing CCTVs on the runways,” Roesmin Nurjadin chief Col. M. Khairil told
news portal Detik.com on Wednesday.
Khairil
said the CCTV systems were considered necessary for safety and airport
security.
The
response may not be enough for the Ministry of Transportation, however, which has
launched an inquiry into the incident.
Suprasetyo,
director general of air transportation at the ministry, said he had instructed
state-owned airport operator, Angkara Pura II, to investigate the matter and
impose appropriate sanctions on airport officers who were responsible.
“The
Angkasa Pura II director is to rotate the responsible general manager and
security officers of the airport,” Suprasetyo told a press conference on
Wednesday.
The
ministry will form a team to investigate the security weak points that allowed
Mario to crawl into the wheel well.
Mario was
reportedly found dazed and staggering by Soekarno-Hatta staff and was assessed
at the airport clinic.
“The man
was running out of oxygen, his fingers were blue and his ears were bleeding,” Garuda
Indonesia spokesman Pujobroto said.
Pujobroto
said the airplane had been flying at 34,000 feet above the earth surface.
“The
temperature at 16,000 feet usually reaches the freezing point so you can
imagine what the man must have experienced during the flight,” Pujobroto said.
After
receiving medical treatment, Mario underwent questioning by police, whom he
reportedly told he climbed on the flight to see President Joko Widodo in
Jakarta.
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