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It was common practice in Halim to lineup at the turn pad beyond the threshold runway 24.Īfter receiving the takeoff clearance, the Second in Command (SIC) as pilot flying (PF) opened the power and pressed the Take Off / Go Around (TOGA) button. The pilot stated that during line up, the lights surrounding the turn pad were very bright and affected his forward vision for a short time. The controller did not see any vehicle or object on the runway then issued clearance for takeoff. The towing car was about to enter taxiway C at that time.Īt 19:56, ID7703 reported ready for takeoff. The controller was not observing the ATR at that time.

Runway towing driver#

Therefore, the assistant controller instructed the towing car driver to expedite the tow and report when on taxiway C. The aircraft that had just arrived would use parking stand B-1. The assistant stated that when ID7703 was holding on short taxiway C, the towing car began moving the ATR-42.Īt 19:53, ID7703 received clearance from controller to enter runway 24 to back track for departure. At 19:48, ID7703 received taxi clearance to runway 24 via taxiway C.Īt 19:50, the controller instructed ID7703 to hold on taxiway C due to an arriving aircraft. The ID7703 flight crew did not know that there was a towing aircraft behind as communications with the car were on a different frequency. The controller heard the communication between the assistant and towing car driver, he recognized the position of the towed aircraft was on the parking stand B-1. The communication between the towing car driver and Halim Tower was handled by the assistant controller. The towing car driver was instructed to follow ID7703 and to report when on taxiway C. The aircraft was parked on parking stand B-2 and was approved to push back.Īfter the ID7703 completed the pushback, the towing car driver of the towed aircraft requested clearance to Halim Tower Control Unit to reposition from parking stand B-1 to the south apron. The communication between the towing car driver and Halim Tower was performed by a handheld radio communication on frequency 152.7 MHz.Īt 19:45 local time flight ID7703 requested pushback clearance to the Halim Tower controller on frequency 118.6 MHz.

The towed aircraft was towed without aircraft electrical power fed to the system and the navigation light, strobe light and the aircraft radio communications were off. The engineers were assigned to apply aircraft brakes if required during the towing process. Two engineers occupied the pilot seats in the aircraft.

For this the aircraft had to cross the active runway.Ī towing car was used with a driver and one supporting personnel. The ATR-42-600, operated by TransNusa Aviation Mandiri and registered PK-TNJ, was parked at stand B-1 on the north apron of Halim Airport and was to be moved from the north to the south apron. Dark, night time conditions existed at the time of the accident.

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Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP) ( Indonesia)īatik Air flight ID7703, operated by a Boeing 737-800 with registration PK-LBS, collided with an ATR-42-600 aircraft on takeoff from runway 24 at Jakarta-Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport (HLP), Indonesia. Accident investigation report completed and information captured