Mimika Air Flight 514
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A Pilatus PC-6 Porter similar to the one involved in the incident. | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17 April 2009 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Mount Gergaji |
| Passengers | 8 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Pilatus PC-6 |
| Operator | Mimika Air |
| Registration | PK-LTJ |
| Destination | Ilaga, Papua, Indonesia |
Mimika Air Flight 514 was the crash of a Pilatus PC-6 Porter operating a Mimika Air flight from Mulia to Ilaga that occurred on April 17, 2009. Ten people were killed in the crash.[1]
The Mimika Air crash was the second fatal aviation accident in Papua; and the third in Indonesia; in less than two weeks.[2] A cargo aircraft had also crashed in Papua on April 9, killing six people;[2] and an Indonesian Air Force aircraft had crashed in West Java on April 6, killing 24 people.[3]
Flight route
The Mimika Air flight took off from Mulia, Papua province, Indonesia, at 10:15 A.M. on Friday, April 17, 2009.[2] The flight was to last approximately half an hour and was scheduled to land in Ilaga, which is also located in Papua province.[2] The Pilatus Porter light aircraft crashed en route to Ilaga.
A total of ten people were on board – eight passengers and two pilots.[1] Among the passengers were secretary of the Puncak Jaya polling body, Martin Jitmau and chairman of the local election supervisory committee, Herman Senanfi.[1]
Crash
Indonesian search teams discovered the crash site the following day, during an air search.[2] The wreckage was still smoking when found.[2] The Porter had gone down on Mount Gergaji in Papua, close to the site of a 2006 Trigana Air Service aircraft crash, which had killed nine people.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ten people killed in Papua plane crash". The Jakarta Post. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Wreckage of crashed plane located in Papua". United Press International. 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ↑ Accident description for Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M [sic] A-2703 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2014-02-13.
External links
- Jakarta Post:Mimika starts new plane, ferry, tankers
- Jakarta Post: Palembang evening flights reduced, Mimika starts up