Sriwijaya Air faces audit after pilots land at wrong airport
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Sriwijaya Air faces audit after pilots land at wrong airport
The Transportation Ministry says it will audit safety practices at Sriwijaya Air after one of the airline’s planes landed at the wrong airport.
“We are going to audit the airline as a corrective action to improve its safety because this is a serious incident,” ministry spokesman Bambang S. Ervan told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
Official from the ministry’s air transportation directorate were on the way to Padang to investigate, while the plane’s pilot and co-pilot were grounded, Bambang said.
Sriwijaya SJ0021 departed from Polonia Airport in Medan, North Sumatra on Saturday. The plane was bound for Minangkabau International Airport in Padang but instead landed at Tabing Air Force Base, about 20 kilometers south of its intended destination.
According to Sriwijaya senior corporate communications manager Agus Soedjono, all of the passengers on the flight were safe and transferred by bus to Minangkabau International Airport.
He said that the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) was also investigating the case aside from the regulator.(iwa)
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Sun, October 14 2012
This is translated from Indonesian news agency....(so english is not so good)
Sriwijaya Air plane that should be scheduled to land at Minangkabau International Airport (BIM) actually stray into Tabing Airport in Padang, West Sumatra (Sumatra), around 17:00 pm. The plane was piloted by Capt. J Gudonis.
"The name of pilot Capt J Gudonis and copilot Ricky Joseph," said public relations Sriwijaya Air, Agus Sujono, told AFP on Saturday (13/10/2012).
The plane originally departed from Medan Polonia Airport. The aircraft was carrying 96 passengers themselves. Agus himself refused to mention the country of origin Gudonis.
The entire passenger aircraft are safe. This incident itself has been entered in the investigation MoT.
Earlier, an airline owned Sriwijaya Air plane landed at the wrong airport Tabing Padang, West Sumatra (Sumatra), around 17:00 pm. The plane was flying from Medan to Padang was supposed to land at Minangkabau International Airport (BIM).
General managers Angkasa Pura II, Agus Kemal when confirmed one reporter confirmed the plane landed. Errors, presumably because the pilot did not know the area.
"Yes, it's true one lands. Aircraft landing from the south. Navigation No error or equipment in Minangkabau Airport. Entire equipment functioning properly, communication is also normal," he said.
The pilot brought the plane from the south of Padang Minangkabau Airport to land, but one thought Tabing Airport as Minangkabau airport where the plane should have landed.
"The error occurred because the pilot allegedly da co-pilot was not familiar with the area. They were both foreigners. Anyway, when we flew from the south, which looks first Tabing airport's run away," he said.
The Transportation Ministry says it will audit safety practices at Sriwijaya Air after one of the airline’s planes landed at the wrong airport.
“We are going to audit the airline as a corrective action to improve its safety because this is a serious incident,” ministry spokesman Bambang S. Ervan told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
Official from the ministry’s air transportation directorate were on the way to Padang to investigate, while the plane’s pilot and co-pilot were grounded, Bambang said.
Sriwijaya SJ0021 departed from Polonia Airport in Medan, North Sumatra on Saturday. The plane was bound for Minangkabau International Airport in Padang but instead landed at Tabing Air Force Base, about 20 kilometers south of its intended destination.
According to Sriwijaya senior corporate communications manager Agus Soedjono, all of the passengers on the flight were safe and transferred by bus to Minangkabau International Airport.
He said that the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) was also investigating the case aside from the regulator.(iwa)
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business | Sun, October 14 2012
This is translated from Indonesian news agency....(so english is not so good)
Sriwijaya Air plane that should be scheduled to land at Minangkabau International Airport (BIM) actually stray into Tabing Airport in Padang, West Sumatra (Sumatra), around 17:00 pm. The plane was piloted by Capt. J Gudonis.
"The name of pilot Capt J Gudonis and copilot Ricky Joseph," said public relations Sriwijaya Air, Agus Sujono, told AFP on Saturday (13/10/2012).
The plane originally departed from Medan Polonia Airport. The aircraft was carrying 96 passengers themselves. Agus himself refused to mention the country of origin Gudonis.
The entire passenger aircraft are safe. This incident itself has been entered in the investigation MoT.
Earlier, an airline owned Sriwijaya Air plane landed at the wrong airport Tabing Padang, West Sumatra (Sumatra), around 17:00 pm. The plane was flying from Medan to Padang was supposed to land at Minangkabau International Airport (BIM).
General managers Angkasa Pura II, Agus Kemal when confirmed one reporter confirmed the plane landed. Errors, presumably because the pilot did not know the area.
"Yes, it's true one lands. Aircraft landing from the south. Navigation No error or equipment in Minangkabau Airport. Entire equipment functioning properly, communication is also normal," he said.
The pilot brought the plane from the south of Padang Minangkabau Airport to land, but one thought Tabing Airport as Minangkabau airport where the plane should have landed.
"The error occurred because the pilot allegedly da co-pilot was not familiar with the area. They were both foreigners. Anyway, when we flew from the south, which looks first Tabing airport's run away," he said.
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Wow wow dumb arses, Padang has no Radar, but a ILS and a VOR approach so how could you land at the old airport, 
2Expats shouldn't be a problem, just basic airmanship is the problem, if your RDMI, and FMC says 20 dme to go alarm bells should have gone off esp as most of the time you fly over the VOR then go downwind to a 15 mile hold then do the approach, easy.
Or should we blame the training?
Time will tell
2Expats shouldn't be a problem, just basic airmanship is the problem, if your RDMI, and FMC says 20 dme to go alarm bells should have gone off esp as most of the time you fly over the VOR then go downwind to a 15 mile hold then do the approach, easy.
Or should we blame the training?
Time will tell
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at least the pilot only missed it by a couple of miles... whereas the BBC put Padang 190 miles away on a different coast
BBC News - Indonesia plane lands at Tabing not Padang
BBC News - Indonesia plane lands at Tabing not Padang
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I am surprised that these pilot landed at the wrong airport.. these guys cant be going to Padang for the first time, no way... Besides the route from Medan to Padang (W11) would have taken you to the airport or upon reaching Padang the controllers would have directed you along the shoreline which both cases you would see the Padang airport on the left handside which has a runway 2750m (9022ft) long.., then directed to a famous waypoint in Padang BAYUR..at 5000FT for a ILS approach.
Or the captain.. decided to grow a braincell...
Minangkabau International Airport to -0.873723, 100.351324 - Google Maps
Or the captain.. decided to grow a braincell...
Minangkabau International Airport to -0.873723, 100.351324 - Google Maps
