TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – PT Bandarudara Internasional Jawa Barat (BIJB) rejected the news Kertajati Airport badly damaged by a storm. Executive Director General of Kertajati International Airport, Nuril Huda, said the heavy rains that occurred at Majalengka on Saturday December 17 had only a minor impact on the airport.

“The building in question (has been informed that it has been damaged) is a second floor gypsum partition which has been made temporarily as later it will be built for a prayer hall,” said the executive general manager of Kertajati International Airport, Nuril Huda in a statement in Bandung on Sunday.

Previously, a video was circulating of gypsum strewn in an area of ​​Kertajati airport when a thunderstorm occurred in Majalengka and surrounding areas on Saturday at 4:23 p.m. WIB. This short video recording was posted on social media.

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Nuril also denied that the damage to the gypsum insulation caused the ceiling at Kertajati Airport to collapse as a video uploaded. “So the material structure of the partition is different from others where the other structure is a glass facade, which as a whole has no problem with thunderstorms,” ​​he said.

he also ensured that the area affected by the storm had been cleaned and taken care of by a team from Kertajati International Airport. He continued, the wind speed during the storm occurred according to information from BMKG is 58 knots or 107 kilometers per hour.

This condition, said Nuril, is the highest wind speed ever experienced Kertajati International Airport. He also indicated that the incident of the damage to the prayer hall separation wall did not interfere with the operational activities at Kertajati International Airport.

“For other airside facilities, such as waiting rooms, aprons, track and others also in good condition and land side like check-in desk and other facilities are also in good condition,” he said.

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