Aircraft skids off runway

Poor weather conditions caused an Indonesian passenger aircraft to skid off the runway at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (WIII/CGK) in Jakarta on 9 March 2009. The Lion Air McDonnell Douglas MD-90 passenger aircraft, which landed hard during a rainstorm after taking off from Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport (WAAA/UPG) in Makassar City, slid off the runway into the adjacent grass. The aircraft had 168 people on board, all of whom were evacuated safely. Airport operations were briefly affected, but no major disruptions were reported.