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KNKT investigates Wing Airs plane accident in Semarang
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The Wings Air IW-1896 plane seen from the side after overshooting the runway during landing at Ahmad Yani Airport, Semarang, on Dec. 25. (Courtesy of Central Java Police/Djarod Padakova) (Polda Jateng/Kabid Humas Polda Jateng Kombes Djarod Padakova)
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he National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) has started its investigation into a Wings Air plane that overshot the runway at Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang on Sunday evening.
Ahmad Yani Airport general manager Oriyo Jatmiko said the incident involving the ATR 72-600 plane, which was operated by the Lion Air subsidiary, had occurred during heavy rain and strong winds. According to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), winds reached 16 knots at that time.
“The cause will be determined by the KNKT, which will look at the black box. It has already carried out its preliminary investigation,” Priyo said in Semarang on Sunday night as reported by kompas.com.
He said the KNKT had taken the black box and would soon determine the cause of the accident.
(Read also: Wings Air plane overshoots runway in Semarang)
The plane, arriving from Bandung, was carrying 68 passengers and four flight crew members. All of the passengers and crew were safely evacuated from the plane.
"At 6:24 p.m., a Wings Air IW-1896 plane en route from Bandung to Semarang experienced an overshoot at Semarang during landing," Lion Air Group president director Edward Sirait said in a statement. (jun)
