The viral video shows the Batik Air flight attempting to land safely at Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport amid heavy rain.
A Batik Air Boeing 737 narrowly avoided a crash while landing at Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang amid a strong storm. According to Aviation A2Z, a news and educational website, the incident occurred on June 28 when the domestic flight, with 177 passengers on board, was arriving from Pattimura Airport, Ambon.
The viral video shows the aircraft attempting to land safely amid heavy rain and storm. It further tilts to one side, with one of its wings coming alarmingly close to the ground. The video also captures onlookers screaming in fear. However, the plane landed safely, avoiding any damage to life and property.
Sharing the video, Daily Mail wrote, “A Batik Air plane is seen narrowly avoiding a crash landing due to bad weather as it approached the runway at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. The plane was seen landing at an angle on Saturday before the pilot was able to level the aircraft for a safe landing.”
Several users expressed safety concerns as the video quickly gained traction. “Bravo, hats off to the pilots that’s intense,” a user wrote. “These Indonesian airlines are just not good,” another user commented. “Bro there is literally something going wrong in aviation industry,” a third user reacted.
The report stated that the pilots followed standard operating procedures throughout the journey. Indonesia’s Director General of Civil Aviation, Novie Riyanto, hailed the pilots and promised a probe would look at both meteorological data and flight operations.
According to the meteorologists, the plane encountered a strong crosswind and wind shear.
In March last year, two pilots of a Batik Air flight with 153 passengers on board fell asleep mid-air. The incident occurred during the flight’s journey from Sulawesi and Jakarta. According to reports, one of the pilots, 32, had asked his 28-year-old co-pilot to take control of the plane as he needed to rest. However, the co-pilot fell asleep as he had been helping his wife care for their twin babies.
