Flight Incident

Hahaha, last monday, there was another flight incident. A Merpati's Boeing 737-331 reg code PK-MBP hit an ox while landing on runway 16 at Mopah Airport, Merauke, Papua. According to some articles, the ATC said that the runway was clear before the Merpati flight landed at the runway. Suddenly, while the plane was about to touchdown, some oxen ran across the runway!! WTF!! Unfortunately, one of them was hit by the landing plane in high-speed and its body slammed the left engine and then slammed the tail of the plane. Of course, it died instantly. As a result, the aircraft was grounded and it will need about 2 weeks to get fully fixed again. Luckily, there is no other victim beside the ox.

Haha, this is funny. I mean, this incident shows us that the air transport safety especially in East Indonesia is still not really good. There should be no animals around the runway of the airport. Even a small innocent bird could cause a big tragedy if it flies near the runway!! Of course, the airport is responsible for that.

Well, the ATC said that the runway was clear. Obviously, the oxen at that time were somewhere NEAR the runway (logically). If the ATC said the runway was clear, then we can say that it is USUAL for them that some animals hanging around the runway there!! Wah!! If this has become an acceptable thing, it's SO dangerous!!

Haha, IF Indonesia wants the European Union to withdraw their embargo of Indonesian Airlines to fly there, well, Indonesia still have some homeworks to do. Not only checking the airlines, but also the safety and facilities of each airport. Even, Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali (the 2nd busiest airport in Indonesia) is determined as not meeting the security standards of the International Civil Aviation Administration by the Transportation Security Administration of the United States of America (the article was made in 2005). Wah!!