REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MANADO - Two Indonesian Air force's Sukhoi jet fighters forced a foreign BE 95 airplane to land in Sam Ratulangi Airbase, Manado City, North Sulawesi, after the later entering the country's air space without permit.

"The foreign airplane has been forced to land because it does not have crossing permit in Indonesia territory," the Commander of Sam Ratulangi Airbase Colonel Hesly Paat said on Wednesday.

Paat said the airplane took off from Darwin, Australia heading to the Philippines. The airplane has been detected by the National Air Defense Command radar on Wednesday. Indonesian Sukhoi had ordered the BE 95 to return to Australia but the pilot ignored the command. The pilot also ignored the landing order in Ambon city.

"We ordered the airplane to land in Manado as the last airbase because their destination is to the Philippines," Paat said.

The BE 95 landed in Sam Ratulangi Airbase at 12:35 PM of local time. According to Paat, the airplane was manned by Australian pilot and co-pilot who one of them was identified as Jacklin Paul.

The preliminary information noted that the BE 95 was going to fly to the Philippines from Australia. Paat said the airplane only carried private luggage of the pilot and co-pilot.

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