29. Adam Air Diverts

This time around, good and quick thinking by the pilot to divert the aircraft from Polonia to Bayan Lepas in Malaysia. This was possible because there was sufficient fuel and had permission to land in Malaysia. This is the type of cooperation we need in times of an emergency and use each other's resources to save the people. Also aircrafts should make sure of sufficient fuel to land in the next nearest airport in times of an emergency. We do not want another air disaster in Indonesia, or anywhere else in the world.


Bad weather forces Adam Air to divert to Penang

An Adam Air plane from Jakarta with 184 people on board was forced to land at a Malaysian airport Tuesday due to bad weather in Medan, North Sumatra.The plane took off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at around 2:30 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive at Medan's Polonia Airport at 4:40 p.m."The plane experienced turbulence several times while flying over Polonia. The pilot then notified us that the flight would be rerouted to Penang, Malaysia. Many passengers were already nervous," Rosadi, 30, one of the passengers, was quoted as saying. He said the Boeing 737-200 later landed at Penang's Bayan Lepas Airport, where the passengers waited for an hour before the plane flew to Medan at around 8 p.m. It eventually landed safely there after 45 minutes. The Adam Air district manager in Medan, confirmed the report. "The weather was so bad. Other flights were similarly delayed. We did so to save the passengers," she told detik.com - Jakarta Post.