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Matt Molnar
2007-04-13, 11:09 AM
India missile test forces Garuda jets to return home (http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-04-13T200157Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-294088-4.xml)
Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:16 PM IST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two Garuda Indonesia flights heading to Saudi Arabia had to divert course and return to Jakarta due to a missile test carried out by India this week, an Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.

India's ambassador to Indonesia would be called in to explain the incident, foreign ministry spokesman Kristianto Legowo told a news briefing.

"The ballistic test that was done by India caused two Garuda flights to Jeddah and Riyadh to re-route to Jakarta. We are trying to attain clarification from India about notification," Legowo said. More... (http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-04-13T200157Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-294088-4.xml)

T-Bird76
2007-04-13, 11:34 AM
Man Garuda is really have one hell of a go at it lately...If their planes aren't crashing their flying through missile ranges, lol