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Islands in focus: Plane skids off runway in Wamena
Jayapura: A Trigana Air Boeing 737-300 freighter skidded off the runway upon landing at Wamena Airport in Papua on Monday afternoon
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ayapura: A Trigana Air Boeing 737-300 freighter skidded off the runway upon landing at Wamena Airport in Papua on Monday afternoon.
Wamena Airport head Junikar Pakondo confirmed the incident, which happened at 4:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. Jakarta time). The plane arrived from Jayapura.
'There were no casualties in the incident,' he told The Jakarta Post by phone from Wamena.
He added that the aircraft's nosewheel skidded 5 meters off the runway. The plane was later towed back in position.
Indo-aviation.com reported that the 23-year converted aircraft skidded off the end of Runway 33.
On May 8, another Trigana aircraft, a BAe-146, burst into flames when its cargo, including fuel, was being unloaded at Wamena Airport.
