JAKARTA, Indonesia — "Workers found a piece of a wing from a passenger jet on the runway at Indonesia's main airport and investigators are trying to determine which plane it fell from, officials said Wednesday.
The 10-foot piece of wing was found Tuesday at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta international airport, said Yurlis Hasibuan, a senior air transportation official.
"It has been identified as a side engine cover, but we do not yet know which plane it came from," he said.
The wing piece was found on a runway used by planes on domestic flights as well as some cargo planes flying internationally, he said.
Last month, a similar-sized piece of wing fell from a jetliner minutes after it took off from the same airport.
The Boeing 737, which was operated by a local airline, landed safely but the incident added to safety concerns about commercial aviation in Indonesia.
The country suffered a series of accidents earlier this year that killed more than 120 people, leading the European Union to ban all the country's airlines from landing there.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration downgraded the nation's rating to its lowest category."
Traveling from Sydney to Jakarta, I once flew on a plane that 10 days later decided to make an unscheduled landing in the jungle, killing all 150 people onboard. Not a cloud in the sky, all systems were go, but when Indonesian planes crash there really doesn't have to BE a reason. Another time we'd hit such bad weather that the stewardesses were strapped in and crying their little eyes out. Once we lost all power and began a nosedive just as I was awaiting a drink and had to finish my meal with a dry throat like you wouldn't believe.
BUT...
Smoking was not only allowed; they sold cigars and cigarettes onboard. The stewardesses are chosen with one thing in mind and one thing only. They must look good in a very short skirt.
All things being equal, I considered the dangers versus the amenities to be a tradeoff, lived to tell the tale, so alls well that ends well.
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