H.A.S._Hanandjoeddin_Airport

H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin International Airport

H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin International Airport

Airport in Indonesia

H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport[4] (Indonesian: Bandar Udara H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin) or formerly known as Buluh Tumbang Airport (IATA: TJQ, ICAO: WIKT, formerly WIKD and WIOD) is an airport in Tanjung Pandan, Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. It is the main and only airport serving Belitung Island. H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin Airport is named after an Indonesian Air Force pioneer and former regent of the Belitung Regency, H.A.S Hanandjoeddin (1910–1995).[5]

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  • On 19 April 1997, a British Aerospace ATP aircraft owned by Merpati Airlines, flight number 106, crashed while approaching the airport . The aircraft reportedly went into a steep left bank as it descended through 2,000 feet (610 m). The crew lost control of the plane, and it crashed breaking into three pieces. Twelve passengers and three crew members died in the accident.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jumlah penumpang pesawat di Kabupaten Belitung turun selama 2021" (in Indonesian). Antara. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Airport information for WIOD". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. [3]
    Airport information for WIOD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  4. [4]
    https://hubud.dephub.go.id/hubud/website/bandara/25
  5. [5]
    Gama Holiday (22 September 2016). "Siapakah Dia, Sosok Yang Dijadikan Nama Bandara Belitung?". gamaholiday.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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    Lion Air
  7. [7]
    NAM Air
  8. [8]
    Accident description for PK-MTX at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 11 March 201-03-11.



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