Fixing the Flightless Birds

Air accidents have frequently occurred in central and eastern Indonesia. But any ban on flight operation in these zones would make local communities further isolated. A serious endeavor is promptly undertaken.

August 25, 2009

EXACTLY on entering 2007, an Adam Air plane was reported missing in Mamuju, South Sulawesi. The Boeing 737-400 took off from Surabaya at 13:00, carrying 96 passengers including seven children and four infants. This jetliner should have landed in Manado, North Sulawesi, at 16:14 local time.

Director of Safety & Security of Adam Air, Captain Hartono, said the aircraft lost contact and disappeared from the control tower radar at Hasanuddin airbase,

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