Garuda prop skids off Indonesian runway
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A passenger plane skidded off the runway as it landed at a holiday island in central Indonesia, a spokesman said yesterday, just weeks after an AirAsia jet crashed in the archipelago.
None of the 33 people on board were hurt when the turboprop belonging to Indonesian flag carrier Garuda slid about 10 meters off the runway into the grass at the airport on Lombok island, said spokesman Ikhsan Rosan.
The ATR 72-600 plane was arriving from the neighboring island of Bali when the accident happened on Tuesday night.
“All the people on board — 29 passengers including a baby, and four crew members — are safe and unhurt,” Rosan said.
Everyone on the plane was able to disembark using the normal stairs, he said.
News website Detik said the airport was closed after the accident but reopened for smaller aircraft yesterday.
The accident was the latest to hit the aviation sector in Indonesia, adding to concerns that safety standards are failing to keep pace as the massive archipelago’s skies become increasingly crowded.
An AirAsia plane crashed on December 28, killing all 162 people on board.
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