JAKARTA - Juanda International Airport recorded as many as 15 flights to and from the airport were affected by heavy rain accompanied by strong winds that occurred in the Sidoarjo area, East Java, Sunday, March 15.
"Nine flights were delayed, including Lion Air routes Surabaya-Palangkaraya, Super Airjet routes Surabaya-Lombok Praya, Lion Air routes Surabaya-Pekanbaru, Lion Air routes Surabaya-Balikpapan, and Lion Air routes Surabaya-Manado," said General Manager of Juanda International Airport Muhammad Tohir, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday.
Furthermore, Tohir said, Lion Air flights on the Surabaya-Banjarmasin route, Lion Air on the Surabaya-Makassar route, Batik Air on the Surabaya-Halim Perdanakusuma route, and Super Airjet on the Surabaya-Pontianak route were also delayed.
Meanwhile, a number of flights to Surabaya were forced to be diverted to other airports due to weather conditions in the Juanda area.
The flights that were diverted included Citilink's Banjarmasin-Surabaya route, which was diverted to Semarang, Malaysia Airlines' Kuala Lumpur-Surabaya route, which was diverted to Bali, Super Airjet's Samarinda-Surabaya route, which was diverted to Semarang, and Lion Air's Ambon-Surabaya route, which was diverted to Semarang.
In addition, there are also two flights that return to Juanda Airport or return to base (RTB) namely Lion Air Surabaya-Pekanbaru route, and Air Asia Surabaya-Makassar route.
Tohir explained that the incident caused several trees to fall in the cargo terminal area of the airport, as well as one toll gate post in the airport area was damaged by a tree.
As a result of the incident, according to him, one gate guard suffered injuries and was immediately treated by the Health Quarantine Headquarters team.
Tohir emphasized that his party had made a number of handling efforts to ensure that the affected areas could return to normal operations.
"Juanda International Airport ensures that all terminal facilities and airside areas remain safe after the occurrence of extreme weather in the form of heavy rain and strong winds during the day, in general, it continues to run normally," said Muhammad Tohir.
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