Aircraft type Vickers Viscount 816 Registration PK-RVU Operator Tigerair Mandala Passenger count 63 | Passengers 63 Aircraft name Nias Date 24 July 1992 Fatalities 70 (all) Crew count 7 | |
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Summary Microburst-induced wind shear, Pilot error Similar Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fl, Commutair flight 4281, Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fl, Garuda Indonesia Flight 035, Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386 | ||
Mandala Airlines Flight 660 was a scheduled passenger flight on 24 July 1992 which crashed in Indonesia into a mountain on Ambon Island as it attempted to land at Pattimura Airport in a heavy thunderstorm. Pilot error and windshear were blamed for the crash.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 816 serial number 434, which was built at Hurn Airport in the United Kingdom and first flew on 8 June 1959. It was delivered new on 17 June 1959 to Trans Australia Airlines and named McDouall Stuart after an Australian explorer. By 1975 it had been bought by Mandala Airlines with the registration PK-RVU and name Nias.
References
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