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Batik Air Flight 6171

17 Apr 2015 · Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar

Airbus A320 family · Emergency landing, after a bomb threat

From Pattimura International Airport (AMQ) to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Occurrence
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
129
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Airbus A320 family

Aircraft type
Airbus A320
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
PK-LAG
Operator
Batik Air
Onboard fatalities
0
Route
From Pattimura International Airport (AMQ)To Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)

Approximate · Estimated position: Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

Batik Air Flight 6171 was an Airbus A320-214 aircraft belonging to the airline Batik Air flying from Pattimura Airport, Ambon, to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, that received a bomb threat via a text message service from an unknown person. As a result of this threat, Flight 6171 made an emergency landing at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport, Makassar

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Indonesian Wikipedia article “Batik Air Penerbangan 6171” (revision 29900011, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Indonesian Wikipedia article: Batik Air Penerbangan 6171
Article
Batik Air Penerbangan 6171
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
29900011 · 2026-09-18 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q20427054
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
id Wikipedia article "Batik Air Penerbangan 6171" (page 1733123, revision 29900011), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Indonesian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.