An Airlines PNG de Havilland Canada Dash 8 at Kagamuga Airport. |
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 13 October 2011 |
| Type | Under investigation |
| Site | 20km S of Madang Airport, Papua New Guinea.[1] |
| Passengers | 28 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Injuries | 4 |
| Fatalities | 28[2] |
| Survivors | 4[2] |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada Dash 8 |
| Operator | Airlines PNG |
| Tail number | P2-MCJ[1] |
| Flight origin | Lae Nadzab Airport, Papua New Guinea |
| Destination | Madang Airport, Papua New Guinea |
Airlines PNG Flight 1600 was a passenger flight which crashed in near the mouth of the Gogol River, Papua New Guinea on 13 October 2011. 28 of the 32 onboard died. The aircraft involved, a de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 (known as a Dash 8), was operating Airlines PNG's scheduled domestic service from Lae Nadzab Airport to Madang Airport. The crash site was 20km south of of the destination.[3][2]
It was hard to reach the survivors as according to firefighters, "it was very hard to get there. Very dense", however they reportedly declined to say anything about survivors or victims.[4]
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The aircraft that crashed was a de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102. The aircraft was first flown in 1988.[1]
An investigation is being carried out by the Accident Investigation Commission of Papua New Guinea and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.[5] Investigators have located and retrieved the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder.[6]
After the crash, Airlines PNG decided to ground its entire fleet of 12 Dash 8s until further notice.[7] Along with this, it quarantined a fuel depot at Lae Nadzab Airport from which the crashed aircraft was refuelled before departing on the accident flight.[8]