Bad Weather, Pekanbaru-Batam Aircraft Had Failed To Land

Illustration: A number of airlines while in the parking lot of Hang Nadim Batam International Airport (ANTARA/Jessica)

The Lion Air JT3238 route Pekanbaru-Batam failed to land at Hang Nadim Airport due to prolonged rain since the morning that hit Batam City, Riau Islands (Kepri).

"Yes, it is true, the Lion Air JT3238 aircraft from Pekanbaru with 186 passengers," said Public Relations of PT Batam International Airport (BIB) Badrudin Pedro as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 1.

He said the plane had turned back to the airport as long as it was in Pekanbaru due to bad weather. But two hours later, the plane returned to Batam safely.

They had time to return to the airport of origin. The plane from Pekanbaru should have landed in Batam at 07.30 WIB, because they returned to their original airport, they continued their flight back to Batam about two hours later and managed to arrive at Hang Nadim Airport at 10.15 WIB," he said.

Meanwhile, BMKG Data and Information Coordinator Hang Nadim Batam Suratman explained that this morning the visibility in Batam's sky was categorized as bad.

From data from BMKG Hang Nadim Batam, in the morning at 08.00-09.30 WIB, visibility was recorded only 400 meters to 1,500 meters.

"In general, the visibility below 1,000 meters is categorized as very bad," he said.

However, he ensured that during the day the visibility in Batam's sky had returned to normal. "For now, visibility has improved by about 9-10 kilometers," said Suratman.