According to Yanti (28) citizens of Housing Anggreksari eyewitnesses, at around 09.00 am he saw the plane passing through the air above the tower not far from housing. "First out of the smoke continues to spark and explode, serpihannya fell to the curb," he said in POSMETRO on the roadside next to the stop intersection Frangki place one of the plane debris fell. When watching pesasawat exploded, he was holding anaknnya who was a toddler.
Flakes plane crashed in a number of areas in Batamcentre like the roadside next to industrial Cammo region, that hit home Purimas Housing Block A1 No. 03, Dutamas Housing, and Housing Eden Park.
According to Chief Aviation Safety Hang Nadim Airport, Tevi, he first learned of the plane which exploded at around 09.00 am. "I can call from the community is the plane exploded in midair," said Tevi reporters. Then Tevi was confirmed to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Changi Airport, Singapore. Tevi said, according to the ATC's Changi airport, from airport Cahngi Airbus was damaged and the engine number two is located on the left wing of the plane explodes, about less than ten minutes after takeoff.
After experiencing an explosion in the engine number two, in accordance with fixed procedures require an emergency landing on the aircraft to Return to Base (RTB) or back to base. However, before doing RTB, peswat must reduce its fuel in advance. The plane has four engines that flew up to an altitude of 7500 fit with three machine just to do Holding (Round and round in the air) over the area Hosba (safe area above the sea to spend or waste fuel), to reduce fuel plane before making an emergency landing, to reduce the risk of accidents is greater. "The aircraft circled the area Hosba sekitra two hours," said Tevi.
Once the aircraft reaches the point of safe aircraft weight for landing, the plane carrying 423 passengers and 26 crew that had made an emergency landing at Singapore Changi Airport, and managed to land safely without any casualties. "We got information the plane landed safely at 10:46 pm. So again I emphasize there is no plane that crashed," said Tevi.
Asked if during his stay in the air Batam Qantas Airways plane was in contact with ATC Hang Nadim Airport, Tevi said there was no contact with the ill-fated plane that, because the aircraft flight path above 3000 the fit is under the control of ATC Singapore. "No contact with us," he said. Related explosion of the plane in the air Batamcentre that only a few miles from Hang Nadim Airport, the Tevi said aviation traffic in the area of Batam keep it running smoothly and in no way impaired. "Our aviation traffic smoothly," he said.
