INDONESIA’s Ministry of Transportation is investigating an incident where a number of Lion Air passengers managed to enter the country without passing through immigration.
The incident began when Lion Air flight JT161 departed from Singapore and landed at Soekarno-Hatta’s domestic Terminal 1 instead of Terminal 2 on May 10.
One of the four transfer buses then mistakenly alighted passengers at the domestic terminal rather than at Terminal 2, where they should have gone, explained Anggara Triana, regional manager international, Lion Air, during a press conference in Jakarta yesterday.
The Ministry of Transportation has since summoned the institutions involved for a hearing to find out how this could have happened, adding that sanctions will be imposed on parties found guilty.
Meanwhile, several passengers aboard the Lion Air flight have been called to process their immigration documents, said Heru Santoso, spokesperson for the Directorate General of Immigration.
