Senin, 17 Desember 2012

To Be Better Airport


What happens at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, very sad, there was a power failure there, Sunday (16/12). PT Angkasa Pura II which managing the airport    stated fire affected uninterruptible power supply (UPS).   

UPS burning  causes interference with the scouting system is automated, Jakarta Automated Air Traffic System (JAATS) for 15 minutes. Therefore, the number of landings and take offs at Soekarno-Hatta was restricted to prevent unwanted things.

At exactly 17:10 pm, the power supply to the scouting JAATS recover. However, due to the start-up process, it takes some time until around 18:05 pm for full operation.

There were 63 flight delayed. In details, 21 aircraft would depart from Soekarno-Hatta, 18 aircraft in flight and would land at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, two flights had to be diverted to other airports. Moreover, 22 aircraft would depart from another airport Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

There was already a formal apology from PT Angkasa Pura over the incident.  An apology is clearly not enough. Flight disruptions not only happen this one time. Power failures at Soekarno-Hatta happened several times in the past, including in August 2010, April 2012 and September 2012.

Disturbance at Soekarno-Hatta, one of the busiest airports in Asia, it is very unfortunate and alarming. Passenger traffic at the Soekarno-Hatta continues to rise. In 2006, number of passengers only 30.8 million, but by 2011 had ballooned to 51.5 million people.

The increase in the number of passengers is very reasonable, considering the favorite air transport for people with increasing social welfare.
New fleet is also growing with the increasing transportation by planes.

Central Bureau of Statistics said in 2005 there were 440,520 aircraft arrival and aircraft departure 453,177 times. In 2010 the number increased, the arrival 574.423 and departure 576.200 times.

For the number of passengers has increased dramatically. In 2005, the number of departing passengers 29.8 million people, the arrival of 24.8 million people and 1.1 million people in transit. In 2010, the passenger departures are 48.9 million, arrival 50.5 million and transit 5.7 million people.

Do not be late, the whole range of ministers and institutions should conduct a thorough evaluation aspects of the service at the airport, not just at the Soekarno-Hatta airport but also in the other. In fact, disruption of power outages also occurred at other airports.

Just for example, in May 2011, the airport Hanandjoeddin Tanjungpandan, Pacific Islands also experienced power outages, in May 2011.
Bali's Ngurah Rai airport, Bali also had experienced a power outage on 26 November 2012. If the service is reduced, the risk could be increased as well.

Immediately act. Equipment that is not worth having to be replaced. Some equipment, including at Soekarno-Hatta had exceeded the age economy. Although these tools can be used, but the risk of damage is certainly greater than the new. Of course, to replace various equipment required investment, and it is not cheap.   

We are grateful to the various problems faced by the airport handled properly without causing casualties.
But once again, act!  Do not get us to act when it is too late.

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