Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760
A similar aircraft to the one involved | |
Accident summary | |
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Date | 2 August 2009 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site |
Papua, Indonesia 4°42′25″S 140°37′24″E / 4.70694°S 140.62333°ECoordinates: 4°42′25″S 140°37′24″E / 4.70694°S 140.62333°E |
Passengers | 12 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 15 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Operator | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
Registration | PK-NVC |
Flight origin | Sentani Airport, Jayapura (WAJJ) |
Destination | Oksibil airport (WAJO) |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760 was a commercial flight between Jayapura and Oksibil in Indonesia operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 on August 2, 2009. The aircraft went missing en route[1][2] and its wreckage was found a few miles from Oksibil two days later.[3] All 12 passengers and 3 crew members were killed in the accident. All of the passengers were of Indonesian nationality.
Flight
Merpati Flight 9760 took off at 10:15 (local time) with an estimated time of arrival at Oksibil of 11:05. Contact was lost at 10:28.[4] The plane has apparently crashed into a mountainside in good weather.[5]
The aircraft, a DHC-6-300 with tail number PK-NVC[6] was a 30 year old airframe and was not equipped with a flight data recorder.
Investigation
The Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) opened an investigation into the accident. The cause of the accident was found to be Controlled flight into terrain. In the report, Merpati Nunsantara Airlines were stated not to have fully co-operated with the NTSC as they had not provided the investigators full details of the crew's line checks and training undertaken.[7]
References
- ↑ The JakartaPost
- ↑ Plane disappears over Indonesia
- ↑ Wreckage of missing Indonesian plane believed found
- ↑ AFP
- ↑ Merpati DHC6 impacted mountain
- ↑ Merpati Twin Otter reportedly missing over Papua
- ↑ Hradecky, Simon. "Crash: Merpati DHC6 enroute on Aug 2nd 2009, aircraft impacted mountain". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2010.