President Abdurrahman Wahid made a sudden detour to Darwin two weeks ago. The unscheduled visit came about courtesy of an oil leak in the airforce-owned and maintained Boeing 707 that was carrying the president on his official visit to Australia. Reactions following the incident were varied: some regretted the use of such an old airplane to carry Gus Dur, as the country's president is fondly known; others considered the incident had undermined the