JAKARTA (Antara): A Garuda Indonesia jetliner carrying hundreds of passengers returned to an airport in East Java capital of Surabaya shortly after takeoff when the pilot heard a "buzzingnoise, report says.
The national carrier's plane was 15 minutes into the flight to Singapore when the pilot decided to turn around, a company official said.
"The pilot decided to return back as the buzzing noise disrupted his concentration," said Sudjoko Dalijo, a Garuda manager in Surabaya, quoted by Antara news agency as saying.
The decision was a precaution, the official added, and the Boeing 737-400, carrying 245 passengers, landed safely.
The incident comes after a series of air accidents in Indonesia in recent months. A Garuda plane crashed into a runway in Central Java in March, bursting into flames and killing 21 people. Another plane belonging to the carrier landed safely on Sulawesi island despite bursting a tyre last month.
An Adam Air plane plunged into the sea off Sulawesi island on New Year's Day, killing all 102 on board.
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