Summary Under investigation Survivors 0 Date 13 April 2016 Survivor 0 Crew count 1 | Passengers 11 Operator Sunbird Aviation Total fatalities 12 (all) Passenger count 11 Location Kiunga | |
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Site Kiunga, Papua New Guinea Aircraft type Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander Similar Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines Fl, Aviastar Flight 7503, Dynamic Airways Flight 405, 2016 Ecuadorian Army Ara, West Air Sweden Flight 294 | ||
On 13 April 2016, a Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander operated by Sunbird Aviation crashed about 1,200 m (0.65 nmi; 0.75 mi) short of runway number 7 at Kiunga Airport in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The plane had pitched up right before the crash, and then dropped its right wing and fell almost vertically to the ground. Eleven passengers (including three children) and the 31 year old Australian pilot, Benjamin Picard, were killed. Nine people died on impact, with other three declared dead on arrival at Kiunga Hospital.
The PNG Accident Investigation Commission sent two investigators to Kiunga to investigate the crash.
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