Beech 1900D, ZS-PJY, King Air Charter: South African plane makes emergency landing in Bandung

A South African charter plane made an emergency landing at Husein Sastranegara Airport in Bandung, West Java on Tuesday evening. The King Air Charter’s BE190D was en route to Banda Aceh, Aceh, from Dili in Timor Leste.

As reported by kompas.com, Pilot Capt. Neil Graham Jones said that the plane, which was carrying three crewmembers, had a problem with its outer right main wheel when taking off at Dili’s airport.

Husein Sastranegara on-duty safety officer Capt. Bashori said Wednesday that Jones asked for permission to make an emergency landing at 12:10 p.m.

Bashori said that a rescue team was immediately deployed to safeguard the landing. The plane managed to land on the airport’s runway 29 albeit without its outer right main wheel.

On the flight plan, the plane—registered as ZS-PJY—should have made a fuel transit in Bandung before continuing the journey to Banda Aceh. 

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