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Batik Air takes off to bring Indonesians home from Wuhan
As soon as they return to Indonesia, the 250 Indonesian citizens from Wuhan along with the 42 members of the evacuation team will be quarantined at a health facility on Natuna Island and will be allowed to meet their families when declared free of the coronavirus.
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Batik Air Airbus A330-300t that was chartered for Indonesia Citizens Evacuation at Soekarno Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Saturday, February 1, 2020. Indonesia sent and evacuation team to extract 245 Indonesia Citizens from Wuhan, Hubei Province in China due to the outbreak of 2019 N-Cov virus. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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n Indonesian aircraft that will bring Indonesian citizens home from Wuhan, China, took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Saturday at approximately 1:10 p.m.
The Batik Air Airbus A330-300 with a 392-seat capacity will evacuate 250 Indonesian citizens from Hubei province following the coronavirus outbreak.
The evacuation team consists of 42 people, including nine cabin crew members, a pilot, a co-pilot and representatives from the Foreign Ministry, Health Ministry and Indonesian Military (TNI).
"Our citizens, who live in Enshi city [542 kilometers from Wuhan], Jingzhou city [222 km from Wuhan], Huangshi city [100 km from Wuhan] and Xianning city [98 km from Wuhan], will gather at Wuhan Airport to be picked up," Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said at a press conference at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Saturday.
According to Retno, the evacuation team will be directly welcomed by the Chinese government through the Hubei Charity Foundation.
As soon as they return to Indonesia, the 250 Indonesian citizens from Wuhan along with the 42 members of the evacuation team will be quarantined at a health facility on Natuna Island and will be permitted to meet their families after being declared free of the coronavirus.
"Natuna Island has three hospitals under the management of three military forces which are able to accommodate up to 300 people. The hangar is located approximately five to six kilometers from residential areas. It complies with the health protocol," TNI Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said at the press conference.
