Kit crosses crossing aircraft as perils

In the Paddy area two kilometers from Jakarta’s international airport, the vortex of Kite fluttering, is drowned with the wicked roar of the plane.

The kite chains folds on the field is a group of children, the neck went to the sky. But they also wear their eyes under, they would come to confiscate their comets to follow the airport officials patrol and their fun.

“In the past, Friends and I flew when an officer came” seven-year ATIF, among children in the field, tells the BBC. “Now I’m braver, so I go with him when I worry me.”

“If it takes my comet, it’s sad, but I can always do another.”

The war is spreading a tug of the war here, among the airport authorities and one of the most esteemed pastimes in Indonesia.

Kite-flying is known in Indonesia, especially when students go to the summer vacation at this time of year. But the authorities have given reminders about comets, which leads to security risk if they block the aircraft sensors, or if they are inserted into engines.

In early July, Kites interrupted 21 flights to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, near the Paddy area, according to Airnav Indonesia air traffic controller. Some deviated to another airport and they aborted certain landings, they believe that the comets approach is more dangerous.

Kites “obstacles move” for plans and “achieving serious risk”, Putu Jaca Cahyadi, Seekarno-Hatta International Airport Authority tells the BBC.

“We don’t want accidents to happen.”

Fears are not a base.

In July 2024, a helicopter fell into Kite chains in Bali, after three Indonesians and two Australian fillings.

In July 2020, they found chains of a comet and bamboo sticks after reaching the seekarno-hatz of an aircraft. While the plane managed to land without accident, the incident caused serious security concerns. Next month, the airport created labor force to crack the kite flight near its premises.

Five years, the problem lasted. In July, Dudy Purwagandhi’s Transport Minister of Airport authorities and regional governments were asked during Indonesia to minimize damage to the flights.

“It is certainly a fun activity, we also need to educate the public or children to avoid participation in activities that can jeopardize flights,” says Mr. Blow.

His colleagues have tried to give children footballs and badminton racquets to focus on other sports. But the kite-flying is woven in the percentage of Indonesian culture.

Made with leaves, colorful paper or fabric, in Indonesia are flying for various purposes: rice for ceremonies, as birds, as a form of prayer, prayer.

“The kite has flew to generation of our ancestors. Almost all regions in Indonesia have Kite Flying tradition,” says Astep Irawan, Indonesian Kite Museum.

“However, we need to be prudent, especially (with them). They fly. They do not see potential risk.”

T-shirts around airports around airports, drones or other things that have captured until three years or a million rupees ($ 61,000; £ 46,000).

But it is not only the ventilation that can be dangerous. In populated areas, comets are also deadly distractions. Last year, a eight-year-old boy died in the city of Depok, south of Jakarta, after daring to Toll Road. Police believed that a car believed to make a comet.

In 2020, a man was arrested when his comet broke and fell into a Balian substation, creating hours turned off in more than 70,000 houses and buildings.

Ralars near Seekarno-Hatta airport, children do not mean to mix with shots, but they are hard to find better places for their hobby.

Jakarta lost 31% of its green cities between 2000 and 2020, as the fields and forests have given way to roads and apartment blocks.

“There’s no other here,” says rasa, 17 years old who makes and sells comets. “There’s another place, but it’s still close to the airport. There is no other place to fly.”

The Paddy area is a community of kite fans, which organize common comet-flying competitions. Rasa has won twice.

He has had problems with the airport officials, who dismissed and confiscated his comets.

“Police also came to our house and burned all the chains and burned all, my siblings were terrified, and I recently started flying the kite,” he said.

“It’s pretty dangerous. But after your comets are removed, you stop being afraid.”