News Item Part 4 (Questions and Answers)
Yogyakarta (JP)- National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has temporarily diverted its flights intended for Adisucipto Airport in Yogyakarta to Adisumarmo Airport in Surakarta, Central Java, after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto runway lane on Wednesday night.
“All of Garuda Indonesia flights heading toward Yogyakarta, for a total of 34
flights, now will [be diverted] to Surakarta,” Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate
communications Benny S. Butarbutar said in an official statement on Thursday.
The flights include 10 coming from and going to Jakarta, three to and from
Denpasar, Bali, two to and from Makassar, South Sulawesi, and one flight from
Surabaya, East Java.
The airline would provide a bus at Adisumarmo Airport to transport passengers
to YogyakartA.
Garuda Indonesia is still evacuating the Boeing 737-800 NG, which slipped on
the runway and overshot a lane on Wednesday night. It carried 123 passengers,
none of whom were harmed.
Garuda aims to finish evacuating the aircraft on Thursday afternoon. (bbn)
Taken from : thejakartapost.com
1.What is the text about?
A. Redirect flights of Garuda Indonesia
from Yogyakarta to Surakarta because of runway accident
B. Slipped plane accident in adisucipto runway lane
C. Evacuation of Garuda Indonesia after its accident
D. Confirmation of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communication about
overshot accident
E. The delay of Garuda Indonesia after one of its planes overshot an Adisucipto
runway lane
2.It can be concluded from the text that ….
A. Adisucipto Airport will be closed after the incident
B. Because of the incident, Garuda Indonesia redirected Yogyakarta flights to
Surakarta permanently
C. Garuda Indonesia supplied bus to
support passengers from Surakarta to yogyakarta
D. Garuda Indonesia had been finished evacuating its plane when this news was
reported
E. There are a lot of passengers were harmed due to that accident
3.The reason why Garuda Indonesia diverted Yogyakarta
flights to Surakarta is because of ….
A. Maintenance one of Garuda Indonesia’s aircraft
B. The accident of its plane which
slipped on the runway lane
C. Many flights in Adisucipto Airport
D. The statement of Garuda Indonesia VP of corporate communications
E. The evacuation of Garuda Indonesia’s aircrafts
Thailand: Forty-two passengers were injured and two were
missing after two boats carrying Thai and foreign tourists collided in the
popular island beach party, police said Sunday.
The speedboats were ferrying tourists to the Pha-Ngan island for a “Fullmoon”
party, a monthly event that attracts thousands of young, mostly western
tourists.
Provincial police officer, Adipong Tapee said of the 42 travelers injured, 39
were hospitalized including four Britons, four Australians and four
Singaporeans. Also among them were Irish, Norwegian, Malaysian and Thai
tourists, he said.
The boats collided and overturned before midnight Saturday, throwing the
passengers into the rough sea water just off the island, the website of The
Nation newspaper said. –AP
4.We know from the text that…
A. The boat carried forty two passengers
B. The accident happened not far from Pha-Ngan
C. The two missing passengers were westerners
D. The passengers were mostly foreign
tourists
E. The boats collided on the way back to Pha-Ngan island
5.What had possibly caused the accident?
A. A careless captain
B. Too many passengers on board
C. There were too many boats
D. A rough weather
E. The boats were speeding
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