'I Started To Pray
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Air traffic controllers are the eyes and ears of pilots. Here is the experience of Captain Pilot Ervin Adhitya, 35, as told to Pramono from Tempo.
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Streaks of lightning could be seen in the distance, visible through the cockpit window. The Boeing 737 NG which I was flying from Balis Ngurah Rai Airport, in mid-April, was traveling at 180 knots, 330 kilometers per hour. The planes altitude was 4,000 meters.
Thankfully, the plane would soon land at CGK Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Speaking to air traffic controllers, I asked permission to land. Seven oclock at night is a busy hour over Jakarta. I had
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