Summary Pilot error Crew 5 Survivors 38 Number of deaths 15 | Passengers 48 Fatalities 15 Date 19 April 1997 | |
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Location H.A.S. Hanandjoeddin International Airport Similar Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183, Aerosvit Flight 241, Helikopter Service Flight 451, Comair Flight 3272, Austral Líneas Aéreas Fl | ||
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 106 crashed on 19 April 1997, taking the lives of 11 of the 48 passengers and 4 of the 5 crew. The plane crashed during landing after a failed go-around in bad weather. This was the first hull loss of a British Aerospace ATP.
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Aircraft
The aircraft was a BAe ATP C/n / msn 2048, Which had its first flight in 1992, It had 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW126. There were five crew, And 48 passengers, 11 passengers and 4 crew died in the accident. 53 passengers and crew were on board.
Accident
Merpati flight 106 departed Jakarta (CGK) on a domestic flight to Tanjung Pandan (TJQ). The BAe ATP airplane named "Sangeang" had been cleared for a runway 36 approach at Tanjung Pandan. It reportedly entered a steep left bank while descending through 2,000 feet. Control was lost and the plane crashed in a coconut grove and broke in three. One of the propellers was found to be feathered.