Polonia Airport closed for seven hours over Batavia jet's burst tire

"The Polonia Airport authority in Medan, North Sumatra, closed the airport for nearly seven hours Sunday after a tire burst on a Batavia Air plane upon landing. None of the 147 on board the company's A320 Airbus was injured, but flights were either diverted or returned to...

Masses block Polonia Airport`s entrance

"The demonstrators who claimed to be members of the Sari Rejo Community Forum (Formas) arrived in buses, trucks, pickups and motorcycles at 10.30 a.m. They blocked the airport`s entrance for nearly three hours, forcing would-be passengers to walk as far as 300 meters to reach...

Atlanta Air carriying hajj pilgrims has engine trouble

Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The Air Atlanta plane leased by Garuda Indonesia to fly hundreds of Hajj pilgrims from Medan, capital of North Sumatra province, ran into engine trouble here Tuesday. Information from reliable sources said here the Boeing 747-300, which was...