Re: Batavia Air 737 loses wing segment in flight
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Re: Batavia Air 737 loses wing segment in flight         


Author: BernieFlyer
Date: Nov 22, 2007 22:35

Ned wrote:
> From afriquenligne.fr - "A Batavia Air Boeing 737-400 has
> landed safely after a segment of wing measuring 40cm by 50cm
> seperated from the aircraft 15 minutes after takeoff on a
> domestic flight between Jakarta, Indonesia and Pontianak
> late on Wednesday night."
>
> Other reports have the segment as being 2m. long -
> TANGERANG, Banten (JP): Residents of Gempol Sari village
> in East Sepatan district, Tangerang regency claimed Thursday
> to have found pieces of an airplane wing that fell from an
> aircraft.
>
> The largest piece of the falling objects was said to hit the
> roof of a local resident's house on Wednesday evening,
> causing a little damage to house.
>
> "I and my family were watching TV when we heard noisy sound
> of a falling object. Luckily, it did not hit us," Aat
> Supiadi, one of the locals said. ...
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