Sutan Sjahrir Air Force Base, formerly Tabing Airport , is a
military air base in
Padang,
Indonesia. Tabing Airport was
West Sumatra's primary airport for
civil aviation prior to the opening of
Minangkabau International Airport on 22 July 2005. Tabing Airport is now used by the
Indonesian Air Force, renaming it after
Sutan Sjahrir
Sutan Sjahrir (5 March 1909 – 9 April 1966) was an Indonesian politician, and revolutionary independence leader, who served as the first Prime Minister of Indonesia, from 1945 until 1947. Previously, he was a key Indonesian nationalist organiz ...
,
Indonesia's first prime minister.
Incidents and accidents
* On 13 October 2012, a
Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737, operating as Sriwijaya Air Flight 21 bound for Minangkabau from
Medan, accidentally landed at the airport. None of its 96 passengers and 4 crew were injured, and both pilots were subsequently suspended and questioned by the
NTSC.
References
External links
Airports in Sumatra
Buildings and structures in West Sumatra
Transport in West Sumatra
Indonesian Air Force bases
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