Safety in the Skies

PEOPLE have probably forgotten the incident. On November 21, 2007, at 17:00, a Batavia Air flight, BTV-207, had taken off from Soekarno-Hatta Airport on its way to Pontianak, a mere 15 minutes before it turned right and returned to land.

The pilot made the decision because he felt the plane vibrate. It turned out the left wing cover of the Boeing 737-400 broke off and fell on a residential area in Kampung Malang, Banten. “That was due to techn

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