gb777
12th Mar 2007, 17:29
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=54382
Indonesia airliner aborts take-off -- report
Agence France-Presse
Last updated 09:23pm (Mla time) 03/12/2007
JAKARTA -- An Indonesian plane had to abort take-off on Monday after rising into the air for just six seconds, a passenger who was on board told local radio.
"We climbed a little bit, but not very high," the passenger, identified as Leon, told ElShinta radio. "It lasted only six seconds."
He added there was some panic in the passenger jet.
Indonesia is still reeling after a Garuda Indonesia airliner crash-landed last week and erupted in flames, killing 21 people.
Nobody was reported hurt in the latest incident, which involved a Boeing 737 operated by Batavia Airways.
It was meant to be flying to Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, from Palangkaraya airport on Borneo island some 870 kilometers (540 miles) to the northeast.
The plane was parked at the airport and a spokesman for the airline said he needed more time to explain what happened, the report said.
There have been a string of transport accidents in Indonesia in recent months, the worst of which have killed hundreds of people in total and highlighted the country's blighted safety record.
The tragedies have shaken confidence in the archipelago nation of 17,000 islands, which relies heavily on air and sea links.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=54382
Indonesia airliner aborts take-off -- report
Agence France-Presse
Last updated 09:23pm (Mla time) 03/12/2007
JAKARTA -- An Indonesian plane had to abort take-off on Monday after rising into the air for just six seconds, a passenger who was on board told local radio.
"We climbed a little bit, but not very high," the passenger, identified as Leon, told ElShinta radio. "It lasted only six seconds."
He added there was some panic in the passenger jet.
Indonesia is still reeling after a Garuda Indonesia airliner crash-landed last week and erupted in flames, killing 21 people.
Nobody was reported hurt in the latest incident, which involved a Boeing 737 operated by Batavia Airways.
It was meant to be flying to Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, from Palangkaraya airport on Borneo island some 870 kilometers (540 miles) to the northeast.
The plane was parked at the airport and a spokesman for the airline said he needed more time to explain what happened, the report said.
There have been a string of transport accidents in Indonesia in recent months, the worst of which have killed hundreds of people in total and highlighted the country's blighted safety record.
The tragedies have shaken confidence in the archipelago nation of 17,000 islands, which relies heavily on air and sea links.