Talk:British Airways Flight 009

Amazing incident in 1982. Regarding the sentence: "They begin to turn their aircraft around to the nearest airport, Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, which is in Jakarta." In 1982 there were two major airports operating in Jakarta: Kemayoran domestic airport and Halim Perdanakusuma international airport. Soekarno-Hatta airport commenced operations in May 1985. Distressed flight BA009 landed at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in 1982.