Batavia Air 737 loses wing segment in flight

Ned wrote:
From afriquenligne.fr - "A Batavia Air Boeing 737-400 has
landed safely after a segment of wing measuring 40cm by 50cm
seperated from the aircraft 15 minutes after takeoff on a
domestic flight between Jakarta, Indonesia and Pontianak
late on Wednesday night."

Other reports have the segment as being 2m. long -
TANGERANG, Banten (JP): Residents of Gempol Sari village
in East Sepatan district, Tangerang regency claimed Thursday
to have found pieces of an airplane wing that fell from an
aircraft.

The largest piece of the falling objects was said to hit the
roof of a local resident's house on Wednesday evening,
causing a little damage to house.

"I and my family were watching TV when we heard noisy sound
of a falling object. Luckily, it did not hit us," Aat
Supiadi, one of the locals said.

He said five other pieces of similar objects, measuring
almost two meters by 40 centimeters were also found by other
residents in several rice fields not far from his house.

Aat and his neighbors then reported and handed down the
pieces of the fiber objects to the Sepatan police station,
which later sent the objects to the airport police
headquarters for investigation. (Multa Fidrus)


Are there "fibre objects in wings? I suppose there could be as filler or
something.

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:35:13 +1100, BernieFlyer wrote:

Aat and his neighbors then reported and handed down the
pieces of the fiber objects to the Sepatan police station,
which later sent the objects to the airport police
headquarters for investigation. (Multa Fidrus)

Are there "fibre objects in wings? I suppose there could be as filler or
something.

It's the tanks of Metamucil for the Captain. :-)

Ron Wanttaja

On Nov 23, 3:35 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:35:13 +1100, BernieFlyer wrote:
Aat and his neighbors then reported and handed down the
pieces of the fiber objects to the Sepatan police station,
which later sent the objects to the airport police
headquarters for investigation. (Multa Fidrus)

Are there "fibre objects in wings? I suppose there could be as filler or
something.

It's the tanks of Metamucil for the Captain. :-)

Ron Wanttaja

Batavia Air? Sportys has an airline?