The Kualanamu International Airport Authority has arrested Mario Steven Ambarita, who recently made headlines for hiding onto a Garuda aircraftâs wheel well during a flight, for fear that he would again trespass and jump into an airplane
he Kualanamu International Airport Authority has arrested Mario Steven Ambarita, who recently made headlines for hiding onto a Garuda aircraft's wheel well during a flight, for fear that he would again trespass and jump into an airplane.
Airport head Muhammad Nasir said Mario was arrested on Sunday after staying at the airport for a day. 'He was returned to his home town this evening,' Nasir told reporters on Monday.
Mario denied that he was going to trespass and jump onto an airplane. 'I was just watching the planes here.'
The 21-year-old admitted he went to Medan by bus from Pekanbaru, Riau without the knowledge of his parents, to look for job.
On April 7, Mario managed to get out of a wheel well of a Garuda Indonesia jetliner where he had hidden throughout its one-hour flight from Pekanbaru, to Jakarta. He was then rushed to a clinic after employees at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport discovered him standing on the apron.
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