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Government holds ramp checks on planes ahead of Idul Fitri exodus
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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi. (Antara/Wahyu Putro A)
The government is conducting ramp checks on airplanes ahead of the Idul Fitri exodus, which is expected to start within days.
“These ramp checks are an effort [to improve safety] that will be implemented consistently,” said Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi in Jakarta on Sunday as reported by kompas.com.
He said the government had held ramp checks on 400 of 500 planes.
On Sunday, Budi directly conducted ramp checks on Lion Air aircraft at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten.
He he believed Lion Air technicians had already prepared the planes thoroughly and would be ready to serve passengers that would be involved in the annual exodus.
Budi said he had demanded the Transportation Ministry’s Air Transportation Directorate General to complete the ramp checks on the remaining planes.
“There are about 90 planes that had not been checked. I hope the ramp checks will be finished within one to two days,” Budi karya added. (bbn)
