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Express Air plane crash-lands in Fakfak
An Express Air Dornier DO-328 slipped when touching down on the runway at Torea Airport in Fakfak, Papua, breaking its left wing and landing gears, a police officer said Thursday
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n Express Air Dornier DO-328 slipped when touching down on the runway at Torea Airport in Fakfak, Papua, breaking its left wing and landing gears, a police officer said Thursday.
According to reports, the airplane touched down three meters from the runway's edge and collided with the tarmac, damaging the landing gears and breaking the left wing.
The twin-turbo aircraft then veered to the left before stopping on the right side of the runway.
The airplane, manned by pilot Josep and co-pilot Setia Darmawan, left from Domine Eduard Osok Airport in Sorong regency at 9:58 a.m. local time (7:58 a.m. Jakarta time) carrying four crew and 32 passengers. It landed in Fakfak at 10:27 a.m. local time.
There were no fatalities in the accident but authorities closed the airport because the plane was blocking the runway.
"The airline is coordinating with its head office and reporting the accident to the National Transportation Safety Committee in Jakarta," Papua Provincial Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto told The Jakarta Post.
Police secured the area and assisted with the evacuation of passengers. -- JP
