And in the same area .........
A Cessna Caravan cargo plane skidded off the runway at Aminggaru Airport in Ilaga, Papua, on Wednesday, forcing authorities to temporarily close the airport to allow for the removal of the aircraft.
There was no fatality or injury in the incident.
It was the third accident in the area in the past two months.
A Caravan aircraft operated by Asia One failed to land at Aminggaru Airport on Oct.13. Both pilot and co-pilot survived.
A Caribou plane owned by the Puncak administration crashed shortly before it landed at Aminggaru Airport on Oct. 31.
The pilot and three other crew members died.
Aminggaru Airport’s runway is 600 meters in length and 18 m wide. The airport only operates from 6 a.m. to noon every day because smog (??) normally blankets the airport in the afternoon