RSOE EDIS: Indonesia - Vehicle Accident - 2010.02.11

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2010-02-11 08:20:48 - Vehicle Accident - Indonesia EDIS CODE: VI-20100211-24896-IDN Date & Time: 2010-02-11 08:20:48 [UTC] Area: Indonesia, Island of Borneo, En Route from Samarinda to Balikpapan, Number of Injured person(s): 2 Damage level: Moderate (Level 2) Not confirmed information! Description: An Indonesian passenger plane made an emergency landing in a rice field on Borneo island on Thursday and all 47 passengers and five crew on board survived the mishap, an airport official said. Officials had lost contact with the ATR turbo-prop plane, operated by Trigana Air, on a flight between Samarinda and Balikpapan in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province on Borneo, said Abdullah Husin, a spokesman for state airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I. "There were 47 passengers and five crew. Only two of them suffered broken legs...," he said. A rescue team, he said, had found the damaged plane and its passengers on the route between the two cities. Posted:2010-02-11 08:20:48 [UTC] Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu