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Old 27th Aug 2008, 14:33
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Sam Bee
 
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Sriwijaya off runway in Jambi & further EU bashing

I read this wonderfully naive article in todays Jakarta Post from Air Chief Marshal Chappy Hakim the former chairman of the National Team for the Evaluation of Transportation Safety and Security in Indonesia, emphasising that the EU ban on Indonesian Airlines was a reflection of 'a Colonial mindset' and that EU airlines should be banned from Indonesian Airspace:

EU ban: Colonial mindset | The Jakarta Post

It was therefore unsurprising to hear of another incident a couple of hours later in Jambi where a Sriwijaya 737 has overrun the runway leaving it badly damaged and the runway closed.

Although my Bahasa is not up to scratch, I gather there are 18 people injured, 1 critically, and I hope we do not see the numbers rising (I believe this happened about 90 minutes ago with news quite slow to trickle through).

ANTARA :: Korban Kecelakaan Sriwijaya Air 18 Orang Dirawat di RS

I look forward to Chappy's comments tomorrow.
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