Fire service and airport officials examine a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800 airliner after it skidded off the runway while landing at Adisutjipto International Airport in Yogyakarta, Indonesia February 1, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken February 1, 2017. Antara Foto/Hendra Nurdiyansyah/via REUTERS
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities said Yogyakarta's Adisutjipto International Airport will remain closed until Thursday afternoon after a Garuda aircraft with 130 people on board skidded off the runway while landing late on Wednesday.
According to a statement on the website of flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, the Boeing 737-800NG en route from Jakarta "went off the runway, as a result of heavy rain that made the runway slippery".
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