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 A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Fokker F28 Fellowship similar to the crashed aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 July 1993 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Near Jefman Airport, Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia 0°54′50″S 131°7′52″E / 0.91389°S 131.13111°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker F28 Fellowship |
| Operator | Merpati Nusantara Airlines |
| Registration | PK-GFU |
| Flight origin | Pattimura Airport, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Destination | Jefman Airport, Sorong, Irian Jaya, Indonesia |
| Occupants | 43 |
| Passengers | 39 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 41 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724 (MZ724/MNA724) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines from Pattimura Airport in Maluku's provincial capital Ambon to Jefman Airport in Sorong, Irian Jaya (currently West Papua); both in Indonesia. On 1 July 1993, the aircraft operating the flight, a Fokker F28 Fellowship 3000 registered as PK-GFU, crashed into the sea after it struck a small hill near Jefman Airport. Forty-one people were killed in the crash.[1][2]
The crash was the deadliest in Merpati Nusantara Airlines' history. Investigators concluded that the pilot of the aircraft unintentionally flew into high terrain. Subsequent damage caused the aircraft to crash into the sea off Jefman Airport.[1]
- ^ a b "INDONESIAN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE-YEAR 1993". knkt.dephub.go.id. Archived from the original on 2020-01-07.
- ^ "Accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 3000 PK-GFU, Thursday 1 July 1993". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2024-10-03.