Silk Air Jet Catches Fire During Landing at Indonesian Airport
The landing gear of a Silk Air plane briefly caught fire during an emergency landing at Adisumarmo Airport in Solo on Tuesday morning, aviation authorities said.
None of the Airbus A319's 124 passengers were injured as the plane touched down safely.
Silk Air, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, has been ordered to report the "serious incident" to a local transportation safety agency, said Bambang Supriyadie Evan, the spokesman of the Ministry of Transportation.
“The Transportation Ministry’s directorate general of air transport has asked Silk Air to report [the incident] to the KNKT [National Committee for Transportation Safety],” Bambang said Tuesday in Jakarta.
“This is a serious incident and [it has] occurred within Indonesia’s territories. KNKT can cooperate with the Singaporean authorities in its investigation,” he added.
Bambang said air traffic controllers originally thought the Silk Air plane's tires only smoked, but further investigation confirmed that the plane's tires did catch fire. The plane landed in Solo at 8:55 a.m. on a direct flight from Singapore.
BeritaSatu March 06, 2012