Garuda Indonesia flight makes emergency landing at BIA

Garuda Indonesia flight makes emergency landing at BIA

April 2, 2019   10:37 pm

A Garuda Indonesia flight with 338 passengers onboard has made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake today.

The Airport Duty Manager told Ada Derana that the flight en route to Jeddah from Jakarta had to make an emergency landing reportedly due to low cabin pressure.

He stated that all passengers and crew onboard are safe and unharmed.

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