Lion Air.. overrun after hitting cows.

[jetjockey696]

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Lion Air Jet Skids Off Runway After Hitting Cows


Three cows idling on an airport runway in Gorontalo caused a Lion Air jet carrying 110 people to skid off of the landing strip, a report issued Wednesday said.

Iwan Permadi, the pilot of the plane, told the Antara news agency that as he was landing on the runway he saw animals on it.

The plane, which was arriving in Gorontalo from Jakarta, proceeded to slide off the landing strip while touching down at Jalaluddin airport at around 9:00 p.m. on Sunday.

“There were three cows passing on the runway while the landing procedure was being conducted,” Iwan said.

“Fortunately, the ground near the runway was wet and muddy, and the airplane was able to come to a stop. The atmosphere in the cabin was under control, although there was some smoke present.”

No casualties were reported after the incident, but Iwan added that some of the passengers exited through the emergency doors and windows before the pilot gave official instructions to evacuate the airplane which led to two passengers spraining their legs.

The cows, however, were killed.

“When we tried to turn the aircraft around, it turned out that there was a cow carcass blocking the left wheel,” he said.

Iwan said that he had previously seen cows near the grounds of other airports, but never on a runway.

Jakart Globe... 7/8/2013

[jetjockey696]

Jalaluddin airport temporarily closed

Gorontalo Governor Rusli Habibie said Jalaluddin Airport was temporarily closed after a Lion Air aircraft skidded on the runway on Tuesday evening.

“The plane is still on the runway. Therefore, the airport must be temporarily closed,” he said in Gorontalo on Wednesday, as quoted by Antara news agency.

Rusli said the plane could not be removed from the runway unless the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) issued a recommendation.

“I have talked with Pak Tatang [KNKT chief Tatang Kurniadi] and he has dispatched a team to Gorontalo via Manado. They will first carry out an examination and after that, they will issue a recommendation,” said Rusli.

The governor hoped that Jalaluddin Airport could resume operations as Idul Fitri-related travel peaked today.

Responding to a question on animals wandering around the airport’s runway area, Rusli admitted he often received reports that the airport’s fencing was not optimal.

“Lion Air management has just told me that animals, particularly dogs, are often seen on the runway. This problem should be immediately resolved,” said Rusli.

The Gorontalo administration is scheduled to hold a meeting with the KNKT and the Jalaluddin Airport management to seek ways of preventing such an accident from happening again.

Earlier, Lion Air pilot Iwan Permadi said his aircraft skidded on the runway after it hit three cows that had crossed the runway.

The aircraft, with flight number JT-892, was carrying 110 passengers, including five babies and seven crew members including pilot Iwan and co-pilot Faisal Hasnan.

The incident occurred at around 9 p.m. local time on Tuesday. (ebf)

Jakarta Post 7/8/2013

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Let's see, thats two so far this year (though there was one on 30 Dec 12, so close to 2013). At least this one made it to the runway before going off the end. Still a lot ot time left in 2013. What's next?

Anyone want to wager on what the over/under will be on incidents for SeaLionAir for the rest of the year??

[caneworm]

Cows?!........Sounds like bullish!t

[CodyBlade]

They have such a great fleet.

738,739s..

[Iver]

Free hamburgers offered now on every flight. :}

I blame the idiot local governments for not ensuring the BASIC protection of aircraft with fenced-in facilities. That is just basic. Indonesia, despite its economic growth, is looking like a 3rd or 4th world country - and Lionair's dismal safety record is not helping. :yuk:

No wonder they need 500 airplanes (they need replacements).

[jetjockey696]

Gorontalo to inform cattle farmers on aviation law


The Gorontalo provincial administration is to socialize the Law No. 1/2009 on aviation to all cattle breeders around the Jalaluddin Airport following the recent incident at the airport where a Lion Air aircraft skidded off the runway after it hit three cows.

“We will list cattle breeders [living in the airport area] and invite them all to inform them about the law,” Gorontalo Governor Rusli Habibie said recently.

He said the law also stipulated sanctions for those who carried out dangerous activities in the airport area.

“We want to discuss this with the farmers to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future,” he added, adding that he had also coordinated with the Air Force to help secure the airport area.

As reported earlier, a Lion Air aircraft carrying 110 passengers, including five babies and seven crew members, skidded off the runway on Aug. 6 at around 9 p.m. local time after it hit three cows that had crossed the runway.

Jalaluddin Airport was temporarily closed and some flights were cancelled due to the incident. The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) immediately dispatched a team to examine the incident.

Jalaluddin Airport head Agus Pramuka admitted that the airport’s fencing was not optimal as some people had cut and sawed off parts of the fence.

“We have proposed to the administration to set aside some Rp 7.5 billion (US$722,000) to repair the 7,500-meter airport fence, but we have yet to get the funds as the administration had decided to postpone the budget allocation until 2014,” said Agus.

A councilor at the Gorontalo Legislative Council, Ayu Trisna Nasibu, had demanded the dismissal of Agus as the airport head for his dereliction of duty.

During some impromptu visits to the airport, councilors found some conditions that raised concerns, including damage on the runway

“In the airport traffic control tower, we found some unnecessary items, such as a mattress, a stove and a frying pan. It felt like we were in a boarding house. These conditions might attract rats, which later could eat through cables in the room, and this could pose the danger,” said another councilor, Ramdan Datau.

Meanwhile, in North Sumatra, travelers expressed their concerns over vehicle theft at the Kuala Namu International Airport, which was opened for operation on July 25.

Bahri, a Medan resident, said he lost his motorcycle at the Kuala Namu parking lot. “I had the official parking ticket. My motorcycle was gone, but the parking management did not even seem to care about it,” said Bahri.

Kuala Namu Airport General manager Said Ridwan confirmed that there had been some cases of vehicle theft since the airport was opened. He said that his office would compensate for stolen vehicles if the victims could provide official reports from the police.

J.P. 19/8/2013

[onetrack]

The railroad man in me sees a huge market here, for selling landing-gear-mounted cowcatchers to LionAir. There'll be be some minor design problems to overcome re stowage when the undercarriage is retracted - but I'm sure my design team will overcome any niggling problems. We could probably incorporate floats into the cowcatchers, to assist with sudden, unexpected water landings, too. :E