Written by: Rima Gravianty Baskoro, S.H.
Managing Partner of Rima Baskoro & Partners Law Office
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On May, 10th 2016, Lion Air JT161 Aircraft route Singapore – Jakarta has landed in R51 (as known as remote parking area 51) Soekarno Hatta International Airport, in which after such disembarkation there are foreign citizens that entering the territory of Republic of Indonesia without any immigration process at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. Regarding such event, there are many versions of news in mass media. Some of them stated that the Lion Air JT161 Aircraft has landed in the wrong area, in which in domestic terminal, as a matter of facts such aircraft came from Singapore to Jakarta (international route). Some of them also stated that the entry of foreigners to Indonesia without immigrations checking is because of the Lion Air bus driver drove JT161 passengers into the wrong way, in which after the landing of JT161 passengers shall drive to International arrival terminal at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. Instead the Lion Air bus driver drove JT 161 passengers to domestic arrival terminal at Soekarno Hatta International Airport. Another version of this event is the officer of Soekarno Hatta International Airport Aviation Security aware of such procedural error and took action by directing the passengers to go back to the bus so they can go to international arrival terminal and through the immigrations checking.
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