2007 in Indonesia explained
Events from the year 2007 in Indonesia
Events
January
- January 1 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Makassar Strait, Indonesia.
- January 1 – A speed boat capsized in the coastal area of Java Sea, Central Kalimantan. Fifteen people were killed in this accident.
- January 1 – Whirlwind and landslides hit Lampung.
- January 2 – Floods inundated 107 houses in Sambas, West Kalimantan.
- January 2 – Strong whirlwind hit Bali and Nusa Tenggara, One person was killed, and one temple and three houses were damaged.
- January 3 – Four-meter high ocean waves destroyed 65 houses in the southern coast of Huangobotu village, Gorontalo.
- January 7 – New mudflow eruption was detected in Kedung Cangkring, Jabon, Sidoarjo, approx. 1.5 km from the first eruption.
- January 9 – Bakri, a local fisherman, found a piece of the tail of the Adam Air's missing Boeing 737 in Makassar Strait, 8 km south of Pare Pare, and about 300 m from the shore. The debris is right tail horizontal stabilizer, Tag Number 65C25746-76.
- January 11 – Following the discovery of the right tail horizontal stabilizer, a life vest and some parts of airline seats had also been found in Pare pare.
- January 12 – Landslide hit the island of Sangihe, North Sulawesi and killed at least 16 people.
- January 13 – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attend the ASEAN Summit in the Philippines.
- January 16 – Indonesian passenger train derailment killed at least five and injured more than a hundred people. The train derailed when passing a bridge in Banyumas, Central Java about 11 km west of Purwokerto, Central Java.
- January 21 – A earthquake measuring 7.5 struck near Sulawesi. The intensity VI (Strong) shock left several people dead and some buildings damaged.[1]
February
- February 2–February 12: The 2007 Jakarta flood causes 76 fatalities and Displacing Over 500,000.
- February 21 – Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737-300 en route from Jakarta to Surabaya made a hard landing in Surabaya, causing the fuselage to crack in the middle of the passenger section with 2 injuries among the 155 passengers and crew.
March
- March 6 – March 2007 Sumatra earthquakes: A Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake strikes Near Padang in West Sumatra.
- March 7 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400 overshot the runway at Adisutjipto International Airport in Yogyakarta during landing, killing 21 of the 140 people on board.
May
August
September
- September 12 – 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes: A Magnitude 8.4 Earthquake occurred along the Sunda megathrust, resulting in 25 deaths and thousands displaced.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: M7.5 – Molucca Sea. United States Geological Survey.
