Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D · Indonesia
On August 2, 2009, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D (Indonesia). 15 people died.
- Date
- August 2, 2009
- Place
- Indonesia
- Operator
- Merpati Nusantara Airlines
- Killed
- 15
- Position
- 4.707°S, 140.623°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q2171192
From Wikipedia
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D was a domestic commercial passenger 50-minutes flight, flying from Sentani Airport in Papua's Province Jayapura to Oksibil Airport in Oksibil, Indonesia operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300. On Sunday, August 2, 2009, while carrying fifteen people over Papua, the aircraft went missing en route. Its wreckage was found a few miles from Oksibil two days later. All 12 passengers and 3 crew members were killed in the accident.
Indonesian Investigation Agency, NTSC released the final report and concluded that the cause of the crash was controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). The pilots did not maintain visual flight rules while flying below lowest safe altitude, thus impacting terrain. NTSC stated that the crash was "not survivable".
Text from Wikipedia, “Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760D”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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