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Accident | |
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Date | 3 December 2016 |
Summary | Under investigation [needs update] |
Site | Near Dabo Singkep, Lingga regency, Riau Islands, Indonesia 00°17′24″N 104°50′26″E / 0.29000°N 104.84056°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | PZL M28 Skytruck |
Operator | Indonesian National Police |
Registration | P-4201 |
Flight origin | Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia |
Destination | Hang Nadim Airport, Batam, Indonesia |
Occupants | 13 |
Passengers | 10 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 13 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 3 December 2016, a PZL M28 Skytruck of the Indonesian National Police disappeared above the South China Sea while approaching Hang Nadim Airport in Riau Islands. The aircraft was conducting a flight from Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, the capital of Bangka Belitung province. The aircraft was carrying three pilots and ten passengers with no survivors on the aircraft.[1] A search and rescue team was assembled by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency with assistance from Singapore.