Bad Weather, Lion Air From Medan Failed To Land At Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport, Aceh Besar

The Boeing 737-900 ER aircraft belonging to Lion Air airline at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Friday (12/12). (PHOTO ANTARA)

BANDA ACEH - Lion Air airline on the Medan route, North Sumatra to Banda Aceh failed to land at Sultan Iskandar Muda International Airport (SIM) Aceh Besar so that they returned to Kualanamu International Airport due to bad weather. Angkasa Pura II Operations Manager Surkani said the Lion Air JT 306 aircraft was scheduled to land at SIM Aceh Airport at 14.20 WIB, but had to return to Kualanamu Airport due to bad weather. " “ Lion Air (not landing, ed.) because of the weather, so go back to Kualanamu first for a while," he said in Aceh Besar, Antara, Tuesday, May 2. The Lion Air plane has tried several times to land at SIM Aceh Besar Airport, but weather conditions are not possible to land, according to the airline's standard operating procedure (SOP). Therefore, he continued, for the time being the plane returned to Kuala Airport but or returned to base (RTB). The plan is that this aircraft will fly back to Banda Aceh after receiving the latest information related to weather conditions in Aceh from BMKG. “ Tadi have wanted to land several times, because of thetailwind (wind from behind), the wind is not in accordance with their SOP, so they don't dare to land. So this is the real weather factor,” he said. Aceh Besar SIM Airport, according to Surkani, is in a safe condition and does not have any disturbances. In fact, several airlines have also managed to land perfectly on the same schedule.

" “ At the airport (SIM, ed.) there is no problem, because Garuda Indonesia is landing, Batik Air is also landing. We can't predict the wind,” he said.