Indonesian Boeing 737 cargo plane skids off runway in Jakarta as it returns shortly after take-off


Trigana Air's Boeing 737-400 returned to Halim Perdanakusumah Airport about two minutes after take-off on March 20, 2021. Photo: GERRYS/TWITTER via The Straits Times/ANN

JAKARTA. March 21 (Bloomberg): An Indonesia cargo plane that returned to base shortly after takeoff because of a technical issue skidded off the runway when it landed at a Jakarta airport, the air-navigation operator said.

Trigana Air’s Boeing 737-400 returned to Halim Perdanakusumah Airport about two minutes after takeoff on Saturday (May 20), AirNav spokesman Yohanes Harry Douglas Sirait said.

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