442 Saudia Airlines Passenger Hajj Pilgrims Landed At Soetta Airport, Now Returning To Debakarsi Asal
JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (InJourney Airport) Soekarno-Hatta Airport Branch Office (Soetta) reported that 442 pilgrims on Saudi Airlines SV 5276 on the Jeddah-Jakarta route, had been flown back to the destination airport.
"It has landed, and was immediately taken by bus to Debakarsi as long as possible," said Asst. Deputy Communication and Legal of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, M Holik Muardi as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 18.
He said that hundreds of hundreds of hajjes who had previously been forced to evacuate were from the 12 JKS flying group (cluter) from Depok, West Java. Where, there are 442 hajj with details of male passengers as many as 207 people, and female passengers as many as 235 people.
"Previously, it was scheduled to land on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at Soetta Airport after flying from Jeddah," he said.
The change in the plane landing to the emergency evacuation at Kualanamu Airport, Medan was carried out after the airline received e-mail information in the form of the threat of a bomb explosion.
"This was done after yesterday the threat of a bomb explosion was circulated. So that an emergency landing was carried out by the pilot of the aircraft," he said.
The delegation from West Java arrived at Soetta Airport at 10.40 WIB using the Saudia Airlines airline and immediately continued by road trip by bus to Debarkasi.
"Flying from Medan still uses SV (Saudia Airlines) airline," he said.
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Previously, the Saudi Airlines SV 5276 route Jeddah-Jakarta carrying pilgrims was forced to land an emergency at Kualanamu Airport, Medan, after the threat of a bomb.
Due to these conditions, the ranks of the Ministry of Transportation and the local aviation security authorities activated the emergency operation center (EOC) status by evacuating the passengers and crew of the aircraft.
The bomb disposal team from the security authorities also arrived at Kualanamu Airport, Medan to carry out sterilization and check the security threat.