There were 450 passengers and 18 crew members on the flight from Indonesia's Makassar to Madinah in Saudi Arabia.
JAKARTA - A jetliner taking 468 people from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing on May 15 due to an engine fire, the Garuda Indonesia airline said, in the latest incident in the archipelago’s poor safety record.
“The decision was made by the pilot in command immediately after takeoff, considering engine problems that required further examination after sparks of fire were observed in one of the engines,” said Garuda president-director Irfan Setiaputra in a statement. They were all redirected to accommodation before boarding a replacement flight later on May 15 to Saudi Arabia, he said.
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