Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 · Jefman Airport
On July 1, 1993, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (Jefman Airport). 41 people died.
- Date
- July 1, 1993
- Place
- Jefman Airport
- Operator
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines
- Killed
- 41
- Injured
- 2
- Position
- 0.914°S, 131.131°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q28163694
From Wikipedia
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (MZ724/MNA724) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Pattimura Airport in Maluku's provincial capital Ambon to Jefman Airport in Sorong, Irian Jaya (currently West Papua); both in Indonesia. On 1 July 1993, the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker F28 Fellowship 3000 registered as PK-GFU, crashed into the sea after it struck a small hill near Jefman Airport. 41 of the 43 people on board were killed in the crash.
Investigators concluded that the pilot of the aircraft unintentionally flew into high terrain. Subsequent damage caused the aircraft to crash into the sea off Jefman Airport.
Text from Wikipedia, “Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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