Planes Collide on Runway in Indonesia
The jet had been cleared for takeoff, but collided with a plane being towed.
ByABC News
April 4, 2016, 3:44 PM
— -- Two planes collided on a runway at an airport in Jakarta, Indonesia Monday night, officials say.
A Batik Air Boeing 737 carrying 56 people had been cleared for takeoff when its wing struck a smaller Trans Nusa plane, which was being towed, Batik said in a statement.
According to the Jakarta Transportation Ministry, all passengers were evacuated safely. There was a fire on at least one of the planes.
According to ABC News aviation consultant retired Marine Corps Col. Steve Ganyard, images from the scene suggest the incident was “very serious – and a couple of feet away from disaster.”