The Jambi's Sultan Thaha Airport received the 2022 Healthy Airport Award from the Health Ministry, thereby reflecting its commitment to providing a safe .
By Alfred Chua2021-03-08T02:19:00+00:00
A Batik Air Airbus A320 bound for Jakarta suffered a “technical” incident involving its landing gear, which reportedly led to its nose gear rotating 90 degrees sideways.
The aircraft, registered PK-LUT, was operating flight ID6803 from Jambi’s Sultan Thaha airport to the Indonesian capital on 6 March when the incident occurred.
Source: Batik Air
A Batik Air Airbus A320 suffered a nose gear incident on 6 March.
Batik Air states that the aircraft, which was carrying 117 passengers and six crew, was deemed fit for flying, and had taken off from Jambi.
Shortly after, the pilot elected to return to Jambi, after cockpit indicators showed a “possible technical issue”. The aircraft landed around 25 minutes after departing and came to a stop on the runway.
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JAMBI (Reuters) - A pair of critically endangered orangutans, rescued from smugglers on the Thai-Malaysian border in 2017, have arrived in Indonesia to undergo rehabilitation so they can finally be released back into their native forest habitat.
Believed to be between the ages of four to six the orangutans, Ung Aing and Natalee, spent three years at Khao Pratab Chang Wildlife Breeding Center in central Ratchaburi province, Thailand.
On Friday they arrived in western Indonesia’s Jambi province for medical checks, which will include COVID-19 swabs, before a rehabilitation process to prepare them for their jungle home.
“We will do a medical checkup and study their behaviour and habits before sending them to a forest rehabilitation centre at the Danau Alo sanctuary,” head of local Natural Resources Coservation Agency (BKSDA), Rahmad Saleh told reporters, after the great apes were wheeled out in two metal cages at Jambi’s Sultan Thaha airport before media and offici
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There are an estimated 100,000 Bornean orangutans left in the wild, and only about 7,500 Sumatran orangutans, according to data from the World Wildlife Fund. Picture: REUTERS.
JAMBI (Reuters) – A pair of critically endangered orangutans, rescued from smugglers on the Thai-Malaysian border in 2017, have arrived in Indonesia to undergo rehabilitation so they can finally be released back into their native forest habitat.
Believed to be between the ages of four to six the orangutans, Ung Aing and Natalee, spent three years at Khao Pratab Chang Wildlife Breeding Center in central Ratchaburi province, Thailand.
On Friday they arrived in western Indonesia’s Jambi province for medical checks, which will include COVID-19 swabs, before a rehabilitation process to prepare them for their jungle home.