SilkAir Flight 185 · Musi River
On December 19, 1997, SilkAir Flight 185 (Musi River). 104 people died.
- Date
- December 19, 1997
- Place
- Musi River
- Operator
- SilkAir
- Killed
- 104
- Position
- 2.458°S, 104.937°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q1272213
From Wikipedia
SilkAir Flight 185 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 737-300 from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia to Changi Airport in Singapore that crashed into the Musi River near Palembang, Sumatra, on 19 December 1997, killing all 97 passengers and 7 crew members on board.
The investigation into the cause of the crash was led by investigators from the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), who were joined by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB, which participated in the investigation due to Boeing's manufacture of the aircraft in the US, investigated the crash under lead investigator Greg Feith.
The cause of the crash remains disputed and contentious. In its final report, the NTSC stated that there was "no concrete evidence" to support the pilot suicide hypothesis, while the manufacturer had already determined the suspected Parker-Hannifin hydraulic power control unit (PCU) to be defect-free. Ultimately, the NTSC concluded that the evidence was insufficient to determine a cause.
Text from Wikipedia, “SilkAir Flight 185”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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