Plane Explodes at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta

Thursday, 18 June, 2009 | 16:07 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: An airliner caught fire at the Garuda Maintenance Facility at Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Thursday (18/6) afternoon. The explosion was heard at Terminal I, according to a spokeswoman for Garuda Maintenance Facility, Siska Tobing. The airline maintenance unit said fire did not spread to other aircraft around the plane that exploded. Sudaryanto Corporate Secretary of the airport operator Angkasa Pura II, said the burned plane was damaged, while Garuda said the explosion ocurred on an old plane being dismantled. Reports said the plane was a Boeing operated by a Thai carrier, Phuket Airlines. Garuda Indonesia's spokesman Pudjobroto said there were no casualties.