Sriwijaya Disputes Reports Passengers Injured as Plane Overshoots Runway
December 21, 2011
Indonesian aviation authorities on Wednesday launched an investigation after a Boeing 737-300 belonging Sriwijaya Air overshot the runway at Yogyakarta’s Adisucipto Airport on Tuesday after the aircraft’s braking system apparently failed. (Antara Photo) Related articles
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486108I flew sriwijaya that night too..the stewardesses are friendly though..
Even if the brakes failed, the pilots are supposed to check for positive braking pressure when landing (ie. see if the brakes work). The more likely cause (and the most common) was an unstabilised approach that should have been aborted, resulting in touching down too late in the already short runway. Poor braking action from the rain didn't help either.
Either way, it's simply bad airmanship.
"Calls to Sriwijaya Air throughout Wednesday morning went unanswered."
Nice PR strategy guys. Keep 'em on tenterhooks ay?
Don't you love it when these so-called "spokespersons" make stupid comments denying anything ever happened, even when the proof is in front of their eyes...
Let's hope it's not another incident involving inappropriate landing speeds given the conditions as has been the case with many Indonesian operators - Lion, Merpati, Garuda are just a few I can think of.
Minor injuries are inevitable during an evacuation like this regardless of how well trained the crew may be.
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Indonesian aviation authorities have launched an investigation after a Boeing 737-300 belonging Sriwijaya Air overshot the runway at Yogyakarta’s Adisucipto Airport on Tuesday after the aircraft’s braking system apparently failed.
Despite initial reports that claimed there had been no injuries, state news agency Antara reported late on Tuesday night that at least five of the 129 passengers and four crew aboard the aircraft had been hospitalized.
The report named two of the injured victims as Candrawati, 70, from Lampung province, and Silviana, 43, from Yogyakarta.
Both women suffered injuries during a stampede to escape from the aircraft after the terrifying landing and the possibility the plane would catch fire.
“I was sitting in the back when the aircraft skidded off the runway. All the passengers panicked and rushed to get out of the aircraft. I fell and I was stomped on by the other passengers,” Silviana said during an interview at Panti Rini Hospital in Sleman.
A spokesman for Sriwijaya Air, however, was quoted by Antara as saying on Wednesday that there had been no injuries other than one female passenger “who was ill since the time of departure.”
“In this incident all passengers and cabin crew are safe without injury,” spokesman Agus Soedjono claimed.
Agus Tugi Arto, operational director for state airport operator Angkasa Pura I, said a team from the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) was expected to arrive in Yogyakarta today.
He said the cause of the crash was not known but said the plane, which had earlier departed from Jakarta, “could not be controlled” after it landed “because it could not brake.”
He said it overshot the runway by 60 meters, eventually sliding to a halt on a grass area.
He said the aircraft was still in the same position in the field.
Despite major disruptions to fight operations at the airport, services resumed on Wednesday.
Calls to Sriwijaya Air throughout Wednesday morning went unanswered.
The ill-fated plane departed was scheduled to arrive at Yogyakarta at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday but was forced to divert to Surabaya, East Java, due to bad weather. The plane refuelled before attempting to land in Yogyakarta in central Java at 17:13 p.m.
Indonesia has suffered a number of recent plane crash disasters.
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