Passengers 8 Fatalities 10 Aircraft type Dornier Do 228 Number of deaths 10 Survivor 0 | Crew 2 Survivors 0 Date 6 September 1997 Operator Royal Brunei Airlines Location Malaysia | |
Site Lambir Hills National Park near Miri, Malaysia Summary Controlled flight into terrain Similar Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fl, Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183, Aerosvit Flight 241, Helikopter Service Flight 451, Comair Flight 3272 | ||
Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 238 was a scheduled flight from Labuan to Bandar Seri Begawan and Miri. On 6 September 1997, the Dornier Do 228 registered as 9M-MIA crashed on approach to Miri, killing both crew members and all eight passengers on board.
Accident
Flight 238, a Dornier Do 228 took off from Brunei International Airport at 19:03 local time with 8 passengers and two pilots on board for a short-haul flight to Miri Airport. The flight crew of flight 238 requested clearance to land at the airport. Air traffic control cleared the flight for the final approach to runway 02 but the flight crew did not radio back the control. At 19:42 while on approach to the runway, Flight 238 crashed into a slope at 500m in Lambir Hills National Park. The wreckage of the Dornier Do 228 was found at 07:10 the next morning.