Posted at 6:56 a.m., Wednesday, January 30, 2008
1 dead after small plane skids off runway in Indonesia
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A small plane hit several people after skidding off the runway Wednesday in eastern Indonesia, killing at least one bystander, according to an official and a witness.One of 15 people on board the Twin Otter propeller aircraft was slightly hurt, and one man on the ground was taken to a hospital, said Stefanus Yudi, a witness.
Sudarmadji, a regional airport head who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said one person in the crowd was killed when the plane plowed into it.
A local district chief had been on the plane and was unhurt, Sudarmadji added.
It was not immediately clear what caused the accident at the Sugapa Airport in Papua province, he said.
