Garuda Indonesia Flight 152

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**Garuda Indonesia Flight 152**
Summary
Date	September 26, 1997
Type	ATC error
Site	Pancur Batu, Indonesia
Fatalities	234
Injuries	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Airbus A300
Operator	Garuda Indonesia
Tail number	PK-GAI
Passengers	222
Crew	12
Survivors	0

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (GA152, GIA152) was a Garuda Indonesia domestic flight from Jakarta to Medan. The Airbus A300 that made this route, registered PK-GAI, crashed into woodlands 18 miles from Medan, Indonesia in low visibility on Friday, September 26, 1997. The crash site is at an altitude of 3000 feet (915 m) above sea level, near the village of Pancur Batu.

It remains the worst single-aircraft disaster in Indonesian history, and was the most deadly air disaster of 1997. All 234 passengers and crew aboard the flight were killed on impact [1].

[edit] Cause

The responsibility for the crash, according to the official crash report, lies squarely with the air traffic controller (ATC) who incorrectly ordered the plane to turn right instead of left, to a certain heading, causing it to run into high ground.