Lion Air Plane Skidded In Lampung, All Passengers Survived

Lion Air slips in Bandar Lampung (Photo via ANTARA)

LAMPUNG - All passengers and crew of Lion Air JT-173 flight from Batam to Tanjung Karang were safe after the plane skidded at Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung.

"All passengers and crew members are safe and have been evacuated at the Radin Inten II Airport terminal building," said Corporate Communications Strategic Lion Air, Danang Mandala Prihantoro, quoted by Antara, Sunday, December 20.

Lion Air continues to coordinate and cooperate with the managers of Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung and related agencies in the process of evacuating aircraft.

"It is known that the Lion Air flight JT-173 carried 7 crew members, 125 adult passengers, a child and two toddlers," he said.

Danang said the plane took off from Hang Nadim International Airport at 13.33 WIB and landed at Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung at 14.45 WIB.

"The Lion Air plane with flight code JT-173 when it landed was indeed in heavy rain with a visibility that met the qualifications for the aircraft landing process," he explained.

The plane skidded during the process of turning towards the parking lot (apron). However, the fuselage exited the runway.

"Based on the latest information, all JT-173 flight passengers have left Radin Inten II Airport with their belongings and luggage," he said.

The PR of Radin Inten II Lampung Airport, Pujo Wusono, also conveyed the same thing.

"We are still in the process of evacuating the aircraft, but no one was injured from the flight crew or all passengers were safe," he said.

According to him, the evacuation process is still being carried out because it is in rainy conditions.

"Still in the process of evacuating the aircraft, all of the passengers have returned to their homes," said Pujo.