Soekarno-Hatta Airport Ceiling Collapsed, Water Gushing Gate 7 Terminal 3

The ceiling collapsed at Terminal 3 of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Soetta), Tangerang, Banten, and fell on the service facilities at the flight terminal. ANTARA/HO-Net

JAKARTA - Extreme weather with high rainfall intensity that occurred in recent days resulted in the collapse of the roof or ceiling at Terminal 3 of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Soetta), Tangerang, Banten, to cover the service facilities at the flight terminal.

Based on a video captured by a flight passenger on Monday (6/4), showing the moments of the incident of the roof being broken in Gete 7 Departure in Terminal 3 of Soetta Airport.

Where, in this 17-second video recording, it started with a leak from the top of the airport roof. After that, the condition of the leak got bigger until finally the ceiling was broken which was accompanied by water spilling and hitting the passenger waiting room facilities.

"The incident at gate 7, around 13.40 WIB. There were quite a lot of people, thank God, I still had time to run," said one of the passengers to Singapore, reported by ANTARA, Monday, April 6.

According to him, during the incident, there were quite a lot of passengers in the area and the passengers were waiting for the boarding process.

However, shortly afterwards, water suddenly fell from the ceiling and made the passengers panic.

"Just now, it happened to want to board to Singapore while waiting at gate 7," he said.

In response to this, PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (InJourney Airports) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Branch Office (Soetta) Tangerang, Banten, confirmed the incident of the roof collapsing in the wind.

Assistant Deputy Communication and Legal of Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Yudistiawan said, the disruption to the roof only lasted briefly.

"The condition of the disturbance at one point of the roof lasted for about 5 minutes," he said.

He said that with this incident, a number of airport officers immediately handled it so that the situation and flight services were not disrupted.

"Airport operational officers immediately handled it, including cleaning and restricting the affected area, so that the condition can be immediately controlled," he explained.

He emphasized that airport personnel for 24 hours carried out surveillance of all facilities including building infrastructure, so that when they saw the possibility of interference, the surrounding area would be sterilized from aircraft passengers and airport workers to minimize the impact.

"As a precautionary measure, airport service users are urged to always monitor the development of flight schedule information through official airline channels and information screens at the airport, and to arrive early to anticipate possible schedule adjustments due to weather conditions," he said.