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Garuda incident not dangerous: KNKT
MEDAN: The National Transpor-tation Safety Committee (KNKT) has announced that a noise which occurred in the cabin roof of a Garuda Indonesia airplane flying from Jakarta to Medan, triggering panic among passengers, on Wednesday, was not dangerous to the aircraft
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EDAN: The National Transpor-tation Safety Committee (KNKT) has announced that a noise which occurred in the cabin roof of a Garuda Indonesia airplane flying from Jakarta to Medan, triggering panic among passengers, on Wednesday, was not dangerous to the aircraft.
KNKT chairman Tatang explained that the "crack" sound happened because of a broken pipe in the plane's air conditioner.
"It is not true that the cabin's roof was broken. The leakage of the pipe caused only a small hole in the roof near the baggage cabin. The broken pipe presented a tolerable problem and was just an ordinary incident. It was not serious damage," Tatang said in a press conference in Polonia airport, Medan on Thursday.
He said technicians repaired the leak and the plane was flown to Jakarta at about 1: 30 p.m..
