Many Airplane Accidents, Erick Thohir Calls Garuda Group To Pelita Air

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JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir collected three state-owned airlines, Angkasa Pura Indonesia or InJourney Airport and AirNav. One of the things discussed was the plane crash throughout 2024.

The meeting was attended by the President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Wamildan Tsani Panjaitan; President Director of Citilink, Dewa Kadek Rai; President Director of Pelita Air Service, Dendy Kurniawan; President Director of AirNav Indonesia, Polana Banguningsih Pramesti; and President Director of PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (API), Faik Fahmi.

There were 19 aircraft accidents throughout 2024 and the most in December. Most recently, the Jeju Air airline accident on 29 December. The incident killed 179 people.

"Of course today I have a meeting with Garuda, Citilink, Pelita, airport, and AirNav for three things. One we know that in the last 10 days there have been many airplane accidents that even have very high victims. As in Korea yesterday. Then if we look at several more accidents in Canada, in Norway," he said at a press conference at the BUMN Ministry office, Jakarta, Thursday, January 2.

In addition, Erick also asked each airline to provide a report regarding the current condition of the aircraft owned. This includes from the airport aspect and flight navigation.

"Earlier, we reviewed how the conditions of the aircraft owned by each of these airlines are. So that we can really maintain it, and also the fatigue level of the crew is also reviewed," he said.

On this occasion, Erick asked AirNav to give an early warning to airlines to anticipate accidents.

There were some possible anticipations, because some accidents were also due to extraordinary air. Yes, there is air, there are birds that enter the engine. Earlier we also conveyed to AirNav for an early warning, if indeed there are things that we can anticipate," he said.

Then, Erick also asked airport manager, InJourney Airport to ensure safety aspects to avoid potential aircraft accidents.

"I also reminded you earlier for airports. We make sure what kind of safety we can push in some airports. So far, thank God, Jakarta-Bali compliance is very high internationally, but some airports are being reviewed again," he explained.