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Sriwijaya Air plane slips after landing, hits two people

By Mahmoud, in General Aviation

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Mahmoud
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08/27/08 23:12

Sriwijaya Air plane slips after landing, hits two people

 

 

 

Jambi (ANTARA News) - A Sriwijaya Air plane with 100 passengers on board slipped off the runway of Jambi`s Sultan Thaha airport, ran over a piece of farmland where it hit a farmer and his child on Wednesday.

 

The farmer and his child who had yet to be identified were injured and rushed to a nearby hospital but nobody on the plane was hurt.

 

One of the passengers evacuated from the plane said the aircraft left Jakarta at 15:45 and was to arrive in Jambi at 16:45.

 

"The plane approached Jambi`s airport smoothly but moments after landing, its wheels slipped and the plane strayed from the landing strip over a distance of about 300 meters, coming to a stop after rolling through a local resident`s vegetable patch at the airfield`s edge," the passenger, Abdul Hakim (35), said.

 

The short wing at the plane`s rear end was damaged.

 

A nurse at the emergency unit of Asia Medika Hospital where the injured farmer and his child were being treated was unable to give reporters more information on the victims` conditions.

 

"I am sorry, I cannot yet tell you anything, the situation is still confusing," Yuni, the nurse, said.(*)

 

 

http://www.antara.co.id

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Pieter C.    5

Pieter C.
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Another link with picture:

 

http://avherald.com/h?article=40bce6aa&opt=0

 

Sad to see another -200 go; RIP to those killed in the mishap...

 

Dr.: if you see this picture, you can understand why people were 'hit' by the plane: apparently passing the dirt-track...

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