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15:25, July 07, 2007 |
Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau (CAB) said a Garuda Indonesia GA-881 plane can continue to fly to Japanese destinations following its spot checks on the plane over the weekend, Indonesian press said Saturday.
"The CAB's inspection team is satisfied with the air safety standards of Garuda planes," Arif Wibowo, Garuda Regional Manager for Japan, China, the United States, was quoted as saying.
Given the results of spot checks, Japan had no reason to ban its citizens from using Indonesian airlines, Arif said.
The results of the spot checks suggested that Japan differed from the European Union (EU) about the air safety standards of Garuda planes, reported the national Antara news agency.
The spot checks came nearly a week after the European Union banned all 51 Indonesian airlines from flying to the region, citing unsafe flights as a reason.
Japan is the second country this week that said Indonesian airlines remain airworthy.
The Australian Embassy in Jakarta said this week that Australia 's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) had confirmed that a series of spot checks carried out on Garuda so far this year had not identified any major problems.
It took a day for the CAB's inspection team to carry out the spot checks on the Garuda plane serving the Tokyo-Bali-Jakarta route.
Source: Xinhua
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