News - Adam Air
A report by the Indonesian government published Tuesday says a faulty navigation system distracted pilots while flying, causing a fatal 2007 crash.
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Indonesia Grounds All Planes of Budget Airline for Safety Reason" - Xinhua headline] Jakarta, March 19 (Xinhua) - Indonesian transport ministry on Wednesday grounded all planes of budget airline Adam Air for incompliance of safety standard, spokesman of the ministry Bambang Erfan said here.
Indonesian jetliner skids off runway JAKARTA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A passenger jet with 171 people onboard skidded off runway during a landing on Indonesia's Riau island Monday, causing no serious injuries.
By Joshua Kurlantzick In the wake of the crash in Phuket in September of a jet from One- Two-Go Airlines, a Thai low-cost carrier, some aviation experts expressed shock that the plane had even tried to land.
