Indonesia: Wamena Airport ready to operate normally on Wednesday

Wamena Airport will resume normal activities on Wednesday, as the body of a cargo plane that skidded off its runway on Tuesday has been removed from the incident’s site, an airport official has said. Airport head Rasburhani said the aircraft had been removed from the airport’s runway at around 4:30 p.m. local time. “We are cleaning the location of the incident. Hopefully, the airport can operate normally tomorrow,” he said Tuesday. The incident occurred when a cargo aircraft belonging to airline company PT Trigana Air Service was to land at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Authorities closed the airport, causing cancellations of several flights.<br/>